Central Park NYC Thursday October 13 2022 OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Peregrine Falcon, Cape May, Tennessee and Orange-crowned Warblers. Grasshopper Sparrow and Sora reported*. Thanks to Dan Stevenson and Peter Haskel for the excellent bird spotting.
Canada Goose - 51 Mallard - 23 Ruddy Duck - 1 female south end Reservoir (first-of-season) Mourning Dove - around 20 Chimney Swift - 20-30 Ring-billed and Herring Gulls - around 200 Great Black-backed Gull - 10 Cooper's Hawk - 2 over Great Lawn Belted Kingfisher - 1 hatch-year female fishing at Turtle Pond Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 20-25 Downy Woodpecker - female Azalea Pond Northern Flicker - 3 Peregrine Falcon - pair circling over Central Park West & 87th Street (Deb - early) Blue Jay - 6 Black-capped Chickadee - 3 Tufted Titmouse - 15-20 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 15-20 Golden-crowned Kinglet - 6 Red-breasted Nuthatch - 3 White-breasted Nuthatch - 3 Carolina Wren - 2 heard Gray Catbird - a dozen Brown Thrasher - heard Hermit Thrush - 1 Willow Rock American Robin - 20-30 White-throated Sparrow - 40-50 Song Sparrow - 3 Eastern Towhee - 3 Common Grackle - 5-6 Tennessee Warbler - 1 Willow Rock Orange-crowned Warbler - 1 Willow Rock Cape May Warbler - 1 with Yellow-bellied Sapsucker at the Oven Northern Parula - 3 Black-throated Blue Warbler - 6 Palm Warbler - 2 Pinetum Yellow-rumped Warbler - 6 Northern Cardinal - 4 -- *The lawn adjacent to Turtle Pond was a hotspot today with Charlotte Khoo reporting a Grasshopper Sparrow, and Ed Gaillard reporting a Sora at that location. -- Deb Allen -- 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/ --
