Central Park NYC Sunday Dec., 4, 2016 OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob. on bird walk starting from the Boathouse at 9:30am.
Highlights: Ring-necked Duck, Pied-billed Grebe, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Fox Sparrows, Cooper's Hawk(s). Thanks to Alli Maxfield-Carmichael, Andrea Hessel, MD, Karen Evans, and Sandra Critelli for spotting many of today's birds. Canada Goose - more than 100 mostly Reservoir Wood Duck - 2 females & 1 male (west side of the Point) Gadwall - 2 or 3 Harlem Meer (after walk) American Black Duck - Meer (after walk) Northern Shoveler - 8 Reservoir (during walk), plus at least 30 Harlem Meer (after walk) Ring-necked Duck - female continues at Harlem Meer (after walk) Bufflehead - 4 (3 males & female) Reservoir Hooded Merganser - 6 Turtle Pond, one or two more Reservoir Ruddy Duck - at least 125 Reservoir, others on the Meer Pied-billed Grebe - NE Reservoir (after walk) American Coot - 10 Reservoir Mourning Dove - residents Ring-billed, Herring, and Great Black-backed Gulls - Reservoir Cooper's Hawk - first-cycle male Evodia Field (another before the walk near Sparrow Rock) Red-tailed Hawk - 2 adults perched on west side building, other adults and immatures in flight Red-bellied Woodpecker - residents Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - Upper Lobe Downy Woodpecker - residents Blue Jay - residents Black-capped Chickadee - more than 10 Tufted Titmouse - at least 20 White-breasted Nuthatch - 6 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Evodia Field (Karen Evans) American Robin - numbers lower, but still plenty Northern Mockingbird - Conservatory Garden (after walk) Cedar Waxwing - around 30 near Sparrow Rock House Finch - several in Sweetgums in the Ramble American Goldfinch - at least 20 in Sweetgums, other here & there Song Sparrow - Reservoir & Boathouse parking lot Fox Sparrow - 6 (1 Evodia Field, 1 near Gill Overlook, 2 Upper Lobe, 2 Maintenance Field) White-throated Sparrow - many Dark-eyed Junco - 2 Northern Cardinal - residents Common Grackle - flyover flock of around 40 birds 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/ --