Central Park NYC - North End Friday Oct. 7, 2016 Robert DeCandido, m.ob. on bird walk starting from the Conservatory Garden at 9am.
Slow for wood warblers (nine species), but sparrows increasing. Canada Goose - 6 Gadwall - 15 Meer Mallard Northern Shoveler - dozen Meer Mourning Dove - a few, no big concentrations Yellow-billed Cuckoo - south side of the Pool around 10am Chimney Swift - 20 low over the Meer early then moving higher Herring Gull - flyovers Red-tailed Hawk Belted Kingfisher - 2 - 6:40am (Bob before walk) Meer Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 or 4 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 5 Downy Woodpecker - 2 Northern Flicker - 2 (one flying north at 6:40am - Bob before walk) American Kestrel Eastern Wood-Pewee - 3 Eastern Phoebe - 1 Blue-headed Vireo - 1 Red-eyed Vireo - 1 Crow sp. - 110th Street on building Black-capped Chickadee - heard Red-breasted Nuthatch - 2 (south side of the Pool, Fort Clinton) White-breasted Nuthatch - 10 - modes increase in numbers Golden-crowned Kinglet - 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 25 Swainson's Thrush - 1 American Robin - 15 early morning flight headed north over North End (Bob before walk) Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird - 4 Fort Clinton House Finch - 10 Ovenbird - Grassy Knoll Black-and-white Warbler - Great Hill Common Yellowthroat - Loch American Redstart - 3 Northern Parula - 3 Magnolia Warbler - 2 Palm Warbler - west side of Meer 6:45am (Bob before walk) Pine Warbler - Children's Glade (Tom Ahlf after walk) Yellow-rumped Warbler - 2 (Meer island & Great Hill) Eastern Towhee - 6 (both sexes) Chipping Sparrow - 8 Song Sparrow - 2 Swamp Sparrow - 2 White-throated Sparrow - 15 Dark-eyed Junco - 10 east side of the Great Hill Northern Cardinal - residents Rose-breasted Grosbeak - Grassy Knoll Common Grackle Deb Allen -- 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/ --
