Central Park NYC Sunday March 6, 2016 OBS: Robert DeCandido, Deborah Allen, m.ob. on bird walk
I circled the Reservoir between 8 & 9 am before the bird walk finding the following: Small white-cheeked Goose with brown wash on chinstrap continues Canada Goose - around 75 American Black Duck x Mallard - 2, one with a bit of white in the tail, the other with some green on the head Mallard - around 100 Northern Shoveler - 168 Bufflehead - 8 (4 males & 4 females) Hooded Merganser - 2 (male & female) Red-breasted Merganser - first-cycle or female Ruddy Duck - 90 Double-crested Cormorant - immature American Coot - 3 Very few gulls: Ring-billed Gull (around 40), Herring Gull (around 25) and 2 Great Black-backed Gulls European Starling - imitating a Song Sparrow By the time we returned to the Reservoir with the group the number of Great Black-backed Gulls had increased to nine, and another Double-crested Cormorant (adult) had flown in. -- Turkey Vulture - spotted by Jeff Ward from the Maintenance Field & another (Bob) at the Reservoir Mourning Dove - several Red-bellied Woodpecker - various locations Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - Cedar Hill before walk (Bob) Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker - Pinetum (Bruno B.) American Crow - flock of 6 flying over the feeders & calling Black-capped Chickadee - feeders & elsewhere Tufted Titmouse - feeders White-breasted Nuthatch - various locations Brown Creeper - feeders Ruby-crowned Kinglet - feeders (spotted by R. Montgomerie & T. Birkhead) Hermit Thrush - spotted by Jeff W. as we were leaving the park at 5th Ave. & 76th Street American Robin - not many Fox Sparrow - feeders Song Sparrow - feeders & elsewhere White-throated Sparrow - many Dark-eyed Junco - feeders (spotted by R. Montgomerie & T. Birkhead) Red-winged Blackbird - the Oven Common Grackle - around 40 at feeders & elsewhere Brown-headed Cowbird - 3 males at the feeders (Jeff Ward) House Finch - 2 males at feeders - one singing American Goldfinch - 18 at feeders -- I was lucky enough to see the Glaucous Gull at the Reservoir pointed out to me by Jeff Nulle & Alan Messer at 11:43. The bird was sitting on the water fairly close to some Herring Gulls for a nice size comparison, but departed shortly thereafter. Some of us went back to the Reservoir after lunch to try for the Glaucous Gull again, but we weren't able to find it. We did get very nice looks at the Red-breasted Merganser, and Miriam Rakowski added a Pied-billed Grebe to the day's list of birds. -- Wolfgang Demisch reported a Red-shouldered Hawk near Greywacke Arch on Saturday (March 5). Jean Shum reported that Pale Male (Red-tailed Hawk) and his mate had been mating on the Carlyle Hotel. I'm quite sure I've left out something, Deb Allen P. S. Happy Birthday to Sarah M. Elliott who turned 86 today. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
