Central Park NYC Saturday, December 1, 2018 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob.
Highlights on the first day of the Winter Season: Black & Turkey Vultures, Barred & Northern Saw-whet Owls. Canada Goose - around 40 on the Lake Wood Duck - 3 (pair on the Lake, female Turtle Pond) Northern Shoveler - 7 (pair Turtle Pond, 5 on the Lake) Mallard - 90 (30 King of Poland feeding on acorns - early am, 60 Lake) Hooded Merganser - 3 (1 male & 2 females Turtle Pond) Mourning Dove - 6 Evodia Field feeders Herring Gull - around 6 flyovers Double-crested Cormorant - Turtle Pond Black Vulture - 3 southbound flyovers in flock with Turkey Vultures Turkey Vulture - 2 southbound flyovers in flock with Black Vultures Cooper's Hawk - 3 Ramble Red-tailed Hawk - 2 Barred Owl - 2 locations (Will Papp) Northern Saw-whet Owl - not far from one of the Barred Owls Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1 Shakespeare Garden Downy Woodpecker - 2 Evodia Field feeders American Kestrel - male Great Lawn Blue Jay - around 25 Black-capped Chickadee - around 6 Tufted Titmouse - around 30 Red-breasted Nuthatch - 2 (feeders & Shakespeare Garden) White-breasted Nuthatch - around 10 American Robin - around 10 Gray Catbird - 1 Shakespeare Garden Cedar Waxwing - 45 Shakespeare Garden House Finch - 3 Evodia Field feeders Pine Siskin - 6 American Goldfinch - 75 Eastern Towhee - 3 Shakespeare Garden Chipping Sparrow - 1 Evodia Field feeders (Karen Evans) Fox Sparrow - around 7 in Ramble Song Sparrow - 2 oven White-throated Sparrow - 125 Dark-eyed Junco - 50 Common Grackle - 5 Northern Cardinal - around 10 Deb Allen Follow us on twitter @BirdingBobNYC & @DAllenNYC -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
