Central Park, NYC Sunday December 19, 2021 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Greater Scaup, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Brown Creeper, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Fox & Swamp Sparrows. Canada Goose - 25-35 Northern Shoveler - 50-60 (not including the Reservoir) Mallard 20-30 (Lake & Turtle Pond) Greater Scaup - first-winter male southwest Reservoir (Deb - before 8am) Bufflehead - several southeast Reservoir (Deb - before 8am) Hooded Merganser - 6 Turtle Pond (others on Reservoir) Ruddy Duck - flock southwest Reservoir Mourning Dove - 50-60 American Coot - 3 southwest Reservoir Ring-billed Gull - 1 on the Lake Herring Gull - flyovers Pinetum Cooper's Hawk - 2 flyovers Red-tailed Hawk - 5 (plus 3 others over 106th & 5th Ave. at around 7:30am Bob & Deb) Red-bellied Woodpecker - pair Upper Lobe Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 2 Sparrow Rock Downy Woodpecker - 2 Ramble Blue Jay - 5 Brown Creeper - 1 Gapstow Bridge (Sandra Critelli after lunch) Carolina Wren - 2 Evodia Field feeders Golden-crowned Kinglet - 1 Summit Rock (m.ob.) Hermit Thrush - 1 Gapstow Bridge (Sandra Critelli after lunch) American Robin - around 20 Sparrow Rock (many others elsewhere) Cedar Waxwing - 3 Sparrow Rock House Finch - 30-40 American Goldfinch - 10-15 Fox Sparrow - 4-6 Upper Lobe under sweetgum (Sandra Critelli) Dark-eyed Junco - 5 Tupelo Field White-throated Sparrow - 40-50 in the Ramble Song Sparrow - 1 Tupelo Field Swamp Sparrow - 1 Gapstow Bridge (Sandra Critelli after lunch) Brown-headed Cowbird - 1 female Wagner Cove (Sandra Critelli after lunch) Common Grackle - 8 Northern Cardinal - 5 -- I'm sure many more reports of notable birds, such as the female Western Tanager continuing at Carl Schurz Park, will surface as the day goes on. @BirdCentralPark on twitter, maintained by David Barrett, is an excellent source for this info. Happy Holidays, Deb Allen -- >From the twitter @BirdCentralPark:
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