Central Park NYC Saturday Nov. 26, 2016 OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob, on bird walk starting from the Boathouse at 9:30 am
Highlights: Sharp-shinned & Cooper's Hawks, Fox Sparrows, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, & Brown Creepers. Many thanks to Alli Maxfield-Carmichael for the excellent bird spotting. Canada Goose - 45 Reservoir (before walk), 4 on the Lake Wood Duck - 2 pairs east side of the Point, later 2 pairs at Upper Lobe (same birds?) American Black Duck - the Pond (after walk) Mallard - Reservoir & Lake Bufflehead - 6 males & 3 females Reservoir (before walk) Hooded Merganser - 2 males Reservoir (before walk), 4 males & 2 females Turtle Pond Ruddy Duck - at least 160 Reservoir (before walk) Rock Pigeon - around 50 Mourning Dove - not many American Coot - 11 Reservoir (before walk), 1 at the Pond (after walk) Ring-billed, Herring & Great Black-backed Gulls - fewer than 200 total Reservoir (before walk), flyovers later Double-crested Cormorant - 1 Reservoir (before walk) Sharp-shinned Hawk - Azalea Pond Cooper's Hawk - 1 or 2 (Locust Grove & near Tanner's Spring/Sparrow Rock) Red-tailed Hawk - at least 4 - adults, immatures, perched, circling overhead & one eating a squirrel Red-bellied Woodpecker - residents Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - Sparrow Rock Downy Woodpecker - several Northern Flicker - Maintenance Field Blue Jay - many locations American Crow - several Black-capped Chickadee - 11 (a few visiting Sweetgums) Tufted Titmouse - at least 30 Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1 Maintenance Field White-breasted Nuthatch - 12 Brown Creeper - 2 or 3 (near Boathouse, Gill Overlook) Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1 Upper Lobe American Robin - many Hermit Thrush - 2 (both before walk - Deb & Alli) Northern Mockingbird House Finch - male & female at feeders Fox Sparrow - 4 (3 Maintenance Field, 1 Upper Lobe) White-throated Sparrow - too many Dark-eyed Junco - 2 Northern Cardinal - residents Common Grackle - at least 50 Wolfgang Demisch reported an American Kestrel on the east side today. We weren't able to relocate the Immature Great Blue Heron seen at Willow Rock on Thursday's walk and after lunch on the east side of the Point. Deb Allen P. S. The Western Tanager continues at City Hall Park pretty faithful to the NE corner, favoring a tree with lots of sapsucker wells. There are plenty of trees there that sapsuckers can use when the sap stops running in the large trees. These include a holly and some Leatherleaf Viburnums. -- 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/ --
