Central Park NYC Monday November 2, 2020 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. Highlights from Strawberry Fields to the Pinetum: High winds today with many of the smaller birds hunkered down, but some good birds, nonetheless. American Woodcock, Great Blue Heron, Turkey Vulture, Red-shouldered Hawk, Merlin, American Pipit, Eastern Meadowlark, Palm and Yellow-rumped Warblers.
Canada Goose - 25 Northern Shoveler - 4 on the Lake Mallard - around 30 (some feeding on acorns at the Upper Lobe) Mourning Dove - 3 American Woodcock - 1 east side of Upper Lobe Herring Gull - 10-15 flyovers Great Blue Heron - flyover Turtle Pond (Bob around 7:20am) Turkey Vulture - 5 flyover migrants Cooper's Hawk - 2 (east and west sides of Great Lawn) Red-shouldered Hawk - 2 adult migrants over west side of Great Lawn Red-tailed Hawk - 5 locals Red-bellied Woodpecker - 5 Northern Flicker - 3 American Kestrel - 1 adult male Great Lawn Merlin - 1 adult male Great Lawn Peregrine Falcon - 1 adult flying west over north end of Great Lawn Blue-headed Vireo - 1 Turtle Pond Dock (Bob around 7:30am) Blue Jay - 10 including one being eaten by Cooper's Hawk east side Great Lawn American Crow - 7 Great Lawn Black-capped Chickadee - 10 Tufted Titmouse - 15 White-breasted Nuthatch - 7 Winter Wren - 1 Stone Arch in Ramble Carolina Wren - 2 (Shakespeare Garden, Upper Lobe) Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 3 Hermit Thrush - around 20 American Robin - 35 American Pipit - 1 Great Lawn Purple Finch - adult male Evodia Field feeders Pine Siskin - around 40 (many at feeders) American Goldfinch - 3 Song Sparrow - 4 White-throated Sparrow - 20 White-crowned Sparrow - 1 adult north side of Strawberry Fields Eastern Meadowlark - flock of 10 Great Lawn Common Grackle - 200-300 Palm Warbler - 1 "Yellow" Pinetum Yellow-rumped Warbler - 2 Pinetum Northern Cardinal - 5 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/ --
