Central Park NYC Saturday December 22, 2018 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Barred, N. Saw-whet & Great Horned owls, Merlin, American Kestrel. Canada Goose - around 310 (Reservoir & flyovers) Northern Shoveler - 6 Turtle Pond & a few at Upper Lobe Mallard - 40 (20 Reservoir, 20 Turtle Pond) American Black Duck - Turtle Pond Bufflehead - 15 Reservoir Hooded Merganser - 3 Reservoir Ruddy Duck - around 130 Reservoir Pied-billed Grebe - SE Reservoir Mourning Dove - 9 American Coot - 6 Reservoir Ring-billed and Herring gulls - around 50 Reservoir Great Black-backed Gull - 16 reservoir Great Blue Heron - flyover Turtle Pond Cooper's Hawk - 4 Red-tailed Hawk 4 Great Horned Owl - continues Barred Owl - continues mid-park (also reported at the North End) Northern Saw-whet Owl - continues Red-bellied Woodpecker - 6-8 Downy Woodpecker - 3 Northern Flicker - Evodia Field feeders American kestrel - flying SW over Pinetum Merlin - over Turtle Pond Blue Jay - 15 American Crow - 8 Black-capped Chickadee - 3 Tufted Titmouse - 30-35 Red-breasted Nuthatch - 2 (feeders & Pinetum) White-breasted Nuthatch - at least a dozen Hermit Thrush - Shakespeare Garden American Robin - around 30 Gray Catbird - 2 Shakespeare Garden Northern Mockingbird - Sparrow Rock House Finch - 2 males at feeders Purple Finch - 2 females (Gill Overlook (Sandra Critelli), feeders) American Goldfinch - 13 feeders Eastern Towhee - female Shakespeare Garden Fox Sparrow - 3 White-throated Sparrow - around 70 Dark-eyed Junco - Balaincing Rock Common Grackle - flock of 60 Northern Cardinal - 8 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/ --
