Central Park NYC Sunday April 15, 2023 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: First-of-season Ovenbird and Cape May Warbler. Canada Goose - 29 Wood Duck - 1 male Lake Northern Shoveler - 32 Gadwall - pair Reservoir Mallard - 16 Bufflehead - 4 Mourning Dove - 25-30 American Coot - 3 Ring-billed Gull - 2 Reservoir Herring Gull - 25 Great Black-backed Gull - 1 Reservoir Double-crested Cormorant - 9 Great Egret - 1 Turtle Pond Island Green Heron - 1 flyover Stone Arch in Ramble Great Horned Owl - 2 (male and female perched close together) Red-bellied Woodpecker - 5-7 including a pair working on a nest at Laupot Bridge (Sandra Critelli) Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1 male Pinetum (Dr. Alexi Kalogerakis) Downy Woodpecker - 4-5 Northern Flicker - 5-7 Blue-headed Vireo - 1 Belvedere Castle (Sandra Critelli) Blue Jay - 15-20 American Crow - 4 Tufted Titmouse - 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 6-8 Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1 west side of Belvedere Castle Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1 Turtle Pond Dock Carolina Wren - 2 south of Maintenance Field Winter Wren - 1 Azalea Pond Hermit Thrush - 3 or 4 American Robin - 25-30 House Finch - a few heard American Goldfinch - 1 Tupelo Field Chipping Sparrow - 3 Dark-eyed Junco - 1 Sparrow Rock White-throated Sparrow - 40-50 Song Sparrow - 1 Turtle Pond Red-winged Blackbird - 1-2 Turtle Pond Dock Brown-headed Cowbird - 1 male Ramble Common Grackle - 20-25 Ovenbird - 1 Stone Arch - First-of-Season Cape May Warbler - 1 male Belvedere Castle - First-of-Season Palm Warbler - 4 Pine Warbler - 1 south side of Turtle Pond Northern Cardinal - 6-8 -- Karen Evans, Peter Haskel and Dan Stevenson reported a Yellow-rumped Warbler at Azalea Pond. -- 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/ --