Central Park NYC Monday Oct. 24, 2016 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. on a bird walk starting from Strawberry Fields at 9am with some pre-walk birding there from 8-9am.
Highlights: Six species of Wood Warblers including Yellow-breasted Chat. Small flocks of southbound birds: American Robins, unidentified small passerine, and skeins of Canada Geese overhead. Flyover raptors including Sharp-shinned Hawk, Cooper's Hawk, American Kestrel, Red-tailed Hawk, and Turkey Vulture. Canada Goose - 7 at the Upper Lobe, small southbound skeins overhead Wood Duck - 4 (2 males & 2 females at Turtle Pond - Jeff Ward) Gadwall - 6 Reservoir - before walk (Deb) Mallard - at least 15 Turtle Pond, others at the Reservoir Northern Shoveler - pair at Turtle Pond, others at the Reservoir Bufflehead - 2 males SE corner of Reservoir before walk (Deb) Ruddy Duck - around 180 Reservoir before walk (Deb) Mourning Dove - most locations American Coot - 2 SW Reservoir after lunch (Mayra Cruz & Deb) Ring-billed Gull - flyovers Herring Gull - flyovers Great Black-backed Gull - flyover Double-crested Cormorant - Turtle Pond Turkey Vulture - over NW Reservoir after lunch (Mayra Cruz & Deb) Sharp-shinned Hawk - flyover Strawberry Fields Cooper's Hawk - 2 (flyover Strawberry Fields, flyover in rapid descent Shakespeare Garden) Red-tailed Hawk - perched Strawberry Fields (Mayra Cruz) & flyovers Red-bellied Woodpecker - residents Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 6 Downy Woodpecker - residents Northern Flicker - 2 Sparrow Rock American Kestrel - male flyover Strawberry Fields Eastern Phoebe - Locust Grove Blue-headed Vireo - Strawberry Fields American Crow - 2 flyovers calling Great Lawn Blue Jay - most locations Black-capped Chickadee - 10 to 15 Tufted Titmouse - around 30 Red-breasted Nuthatch - 6 to 8 (Shakespeare Garden, Great Lawn, & the Pinetum) White-breasted Nuthatch - 5 or 6 - probably under-counted Brown Creeper - 1 Shakespeare Garden (Jeff Ward) Winter Wren - Strawberry Fields Ruby-crowned Kinglet - at least 30 Hermit Thrush - 5 American Robin - small flocks flying south, still plenty around Gray Catbird - Upper Lobe Northern Mockingbird - Shakespeare Garden in crab apple Cedar Waxwing - 15 (some Sparrow Rock in hawthorn, some in Amur cork a bit south) House Finch - Strawberry Fields American Goldfinch - 3 (2 Tupelo Field, 1 Strawberry Fields) Nashville Warbler - Shakespeare Garden (thanks to a tweet from Junko Suzuki) Northern Parula - 4 (Tom Ahlf & Jeff Ward) Black-throated Blue Warbler - 2 (male Pinetum & male Shakespeare Garden - both Jeff Ward) Yellow-rumped Warbler - around 30 - Strawberry Fields the best location today Black-throated Green Warbler - Belvedere Castle (Jeff Ward) Yellow-breasted Chat - NW Great Lawn Eastern Towhee - 2 Maintenance Field Chipping Sparrow - 30-40 Sparrow Rock and Great Lawn Field Sparrow - Sparrow Rock (Jeff Ward) Song Sparrow - 3 (Strawberry Fields, Tupelo Field, Hernshead) Swamp Sparrow - Strawberry Fields White-throated Sparrow - many Dark-eyed Junco - 2 Sparrow Rock Northern Cardinal - residents Common Grackle - 70+ (flock of around 50 Strawberry Fields, flock of around 70 Sparrow Rock, etc.) Brown-headed Cowbird - male Sparrow Rock (Sally Kopstein) Cathy Weiner tweeted a video of the young Red-headed Woodpecker working on a tree cavity. David Barrett reported a good raptor flight over Central Park today including Northern Harrier, Bald Eagles, and many Sharp-shinned Hawks via twitter. Deb Allen -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --