Central Park NYC Friday April 8, 2022 OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Red-tailed Hawk nest, American Kestrel, Barn Swallow, Field Sparrow, Palm and Pine Warblers. Canada Goose - 14 (including pair nesting at Reservoir) Northern Shoveler - 78 (13 Harlem Meer, 65 Reservoir) Gadwall - 5 (4 at the Pool, male at the Reservoir) Mallard - around a dozen Bufflehead - 6 Reservoir Hooded Merganser - 2 Reservoir Ruddy Duck - 9 Harlem Meer Mourning Dove - 4 or 5 at the North End, more than 20 in the Ramble American Coot - 2 Reservoir Ring-billed Gull - 2 Harlem Meer Herring Gull - 23 Reservoir Great Black-backed Gull - 2 Reservoir Double-crested Cormorant - flyover North End, 8 others elsewhere in park Great Egret - flyover at the Pool (Kate Wollin) Black-crowned Night-Heron - 4 perched together island in Harlem Meer Red-tailed Hawk - adult on nest Cardinal Cooke 5th Ave. across from Conservatory Garden (Scott Brevda) Great Horned Owl - continuing, perched up high behind branches Red-bellied Woodpecker - near Conservatory Garden Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 5 (Scott Brevda & Dan Stevenson) Downy Woodpecker - 5 Northern Flicker - 7 American Kestrel - 1 male flyover at the Pool Eastern Phoebe - 11 Blue Jay - 10-12 Crow species - silent flyover at the Pool Barn Swallow - 1 flying and perched at the north end of the Reservoir (just me) Golden-crowned Kinglet - 2 Green Bench (Dan Stevenson & Scott Brevda), more in the Ramble later Cedar Waxwing - around a dozen in two flocks at the Pool Brown Creeper - 1 Blockhouse (Scott Brevda) Hermit Thrush - 2 (Great Hill and North Woods) American Robin - at least 30 House Finch - 5 at Evodia Field feeders after lunch American Goldfinch - 3 at Evodia Field feeders after lunch Field Sparrow - 2 (1 Wildflower Meadow, 1 Plant Nursery) Dark-eyed Junco - 5 White-throated Sparrow - 20-30 Song Sparrow - 7 Swamp Sparrow - 1 Plant Nursery Red-winged Blackbird - 7 (6 males, 1 female) Palm Warbler - 1 "Yellow" east end of the Pool (Caren Jahre) Pine Warbler - 2 males (one singing) east end of the Pool (Sabina Schumacher) Northern Cardinal - several pairs -- Kathy Drake let me know about the Yellow-throated Warbler, which appeared today at the Maintenance Field. -- Deb Allen
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