Central Park NYC - North End, etc. Friday November 11, 2016 OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob. on bird walk starting from the Conservatory Garden at 9am
Highlights: Cedar Waxwings, Hooded Mergansers, Common Yellowthroat Canada Goose Gadwall - 10 (male Meer, 7 Reservoir, pair on the Pond after lunch) American Black Duck - Meer, others at the Pond Mallard - 65 Meer, others Reservoir, Lake, etc. (incl. Indian Runner Duck on the Meer) Northern Shoveler - 15 (10 Meer, 14 Reservoir) Bufflehead - male Reservoir Hooded Merganser - 7 (male Meer, 6 Reservoir) Ruddy Duck - 30 Meer, others Reservoir Mourning Dove - small flocks American Coot - 4 (3 Reservoir, 1 on the Pond after lunch) Ring-billed, Herring, and Great Black-backed Gulls - a few Ring-billed Gulls on Meer, many flyovers & 250-300 Reservoir Red-tailed Hawk - 3 (2 adults & 1 immature Conservatory Garden/Meer) Red-bellied Woodpecker - residents Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 2-3 (Meer (Jack Rothman), 1 or 2 Great Hill (Will Papp)) Downy Woodpecker - 3 Northern Flicker - 2 (Conservatory Garden. Grassy Knoll) Blue Jay - 10 or so Black-capped Chickadee - 7 Tufted Titmouse - 19 North End, many farther south in the park White-breasted Nuthatch - 3 Brown Creeper - Conservatory Garden Carolina Wren - Conservatory Garden (Deb before walk) Hermit Thrush - 4 or 5 (Conservatory Garden & Wildflower Meadow) American Robin - many in crab apples Conservatory Garden Gray Catbird - Conservatory Garden Northern Mockingbird - 5 Cedar Waxwing - 4 to 6 in crab apples Conservatory Garden (Nell Semel) House Finch - Conservatory Garden Common Yellowthroat - female at he Pond (Deb after lunch) Chipping Sparrow - south Blowdown (near Great Hill) Song Sparrow - 4 (Conservatory Garden & Meer) Dark-eyed Junco - 24 (South Blowdown & Blockhouse) White-throated Sparrow - many Northern Cardinal - residents 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/ --
