Central Park, NYC Sunday, February 13, 2022 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights on a mild, snowy morning: Wood Duck, Green-winged Teal, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Fox Sparrow, and who-who knows what else. A Snowy Owl appeared on a rooftop on the Upper West Side yesterday where it was harassed by Peregrine Falcons. It has not been reported there today. The ice on the Reservoir has melted, so gull numbers are now quite low, alas. Canada Goose - 250-350 Wood Duck - 2 males (Reservoir & Oak Bridge) Northern Shoveler - 25-30 Mallard - 20-30 Green-winged Teal - 1 female at the Pool Bufflehead - 4 Hooded Merganser - 5 Mourning Dove - 3 American Coot - reported at the Reservoir by Al Welby Ring-billed Gull - 4 or 5 Great Black-backed Gull - 1 Reservoir Iceland Gull & Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 each Reservoir reported by Al Welby Red-tailed Hawk - perched by Met Museum Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 Downy Woodpecker - 3 or 4 Blue Jay - 3 Golden-crowned Kinglet - 2 (male Mugger's Woods, female at the Loch) American Robin - 16 House Finch - 7-10 Fox Sparrow - 2 Mugger's Woods Dark-eyed Junco - 10-15 White-throated Sparrow - 10-20 Red-winged Blackbird - 1 Sparrow Rock Common Grackle - 5 or 6 Northern Cardinal - 7 -- Deb Allen
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