Central Park NYC Sunday March 20, 2022 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Wood Duck, American Woodcock, Black Vulture, Bald Eagle, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Brown Thrasher, Cedar Waxwing, Fox Sparrow and Other Spring Migrants Canada Goose - 42 Wood Duck - 2 males (1 Reservoir, 1 Balcony Bridge (Sandra Critelli)) Northern Shoveler - 188 Gadwall - 4 (3 male, 1 female) Mallard - 29 Bufflehead - 22 Hooded Merganser - 11 Ruddy Duck - 5 Mourning Dove - 15-25 American Coot - 7 American Woodcock - 1 Oven Ring-billed Gull - 7 Herring Gull - around 20 Great Black-backed Gull - 4 Double-crested Cormorant - 3 Black Vulture - flock of 4 flyover Lake Cooper's Hawk - 1 Oven (Armando before walk) Bald Eagle - adult flyover Maintenance Field Red-tailed Hawk - 2 flyovers West Side Red-bellied Woodpecker - pair at the Oven, another at Maintenance Field Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 4 Downy Woodpecker - 4-6 Northern Flicker - 2 (Ramble & Pinetum) Eastern Phoebe - 3 or 4 Blue Jay - 3 to 5 American Crow - 2 flyovers (Bob-early) Golden-crowned Kinglet - 9 or 10 Cedar Waxwing - 22 Brown Thrasher - 1 south of the Gill Hermit Thrush - 2 Shakespeare Garden American Robin - 30-40 House Finch - 2 or 3 Evodia Field feeders Fox Sparrow - 2 Ramble Dark-eyed Junco - 15-20 White-throated Sparrow - 10-20 Song Sparrow - 5 (2 singing) Red-winged Blackbird - 3-5 Brown-headed Cowbird - 1 male in Eu. Starling flock Great Lawn Common Grackle - 15-20 some making nests in Pinetum Northern Cardinal - 3 to 5 -- On Saturday 3/19 Barbara Green found a Black-crowned Night-Heron at the 59th Street Pond, also seen by Sandra Critelli and Caren Jahre. -- The Barred Owl in Bryant Park Friday and Saturday wasn't seen today. -- Deb Allen
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