Central Park NYC Sunday December 13, 2020 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Wintering Raptors & Waterfowl. Note: Reservoir birds courtesy of Signe Hammer. Canada Goose - 109 Northern Shoveler - around 60 Mallard - 122 Bufflehead - 1 Reservoir Hooded Merganser - 5-8 Ruddy Duck - around 70 Mourning Dove - 6 American Coot - 6 Herring Gull - 30 flyovers (Reservoir not included) Cooper's Hawk - 2 in First-cycle plumage (1 north of Oven, 1 flyover Great Lawn) Red-tailed Hawk - 4 Barred Owl - continued (Andrea Hessel) Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4 or 5 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1 or 2 Pinetum Downy woodpecker - 3 Northern Flicker - 4 Great Lawn American Kestrel - male Great Lawn Blue Jay - 5 American Crow - 5 Black-capped Chickadee - 15 Tufted Titmouse - 20-25 Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1 Evodia Field feeders (Sandra Critelli) Brown Creeper - 1 Ramble Carolina Wren - 1 Ramble Hermit Thrush - 1 tupelo Field American Robin - 3 House Finch - 11 American Goldfinch - 4 Fox Sparrow - 5 White-throated Sparrow - 25 Red-winged Blackbird - 5 or 6 Brown-headed Cowbird - 2 Evodia Field feeders Common Grackle - flyover flock of 35 Northern Cardinal - 5 or 6 Deb Allen Follow us on twitter @BirdingBobNYC & @DAllenNYC For more NY County bird reports see the Manhattan Bird Alert @BirdCentralPark maintained by David Barrett. -- 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/ --
