Central Park NYC Sunday January 8, 2017 OBS: Robert DeCandido, Deborah Allen, m.ob. on bird walk starting from the Boathouse at 9:30am.with some pre-walk birding at the Reservoir.
Highlights: Six species of woodpeckers: Red-headed, Red-bellied, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Downy Woodpecker & Hairy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Turkey Vultures, Green-winged Teal, Northern Pintail, and Wood Duck. But, House Finches and gulls in short supply. Easy walking on cleared paths & snowy ones (low temps meant little slush or ice). Canada Goose - 50+ Reservoir, one on the Lake with N. Shovelers Wood Duck - male at the Pond (59th Street) American Black Duck - 2 Reservoir & pair at the Pond American Black Duck x Mallard - drake Reservoir Mallard - at least 50 (Reservoir & Pond) Northern Shoveler - around 30 Lake south of Upper Lobe Northern Pintail - male at the Pond (basic/breeding plumage showing traces of eclipse/alternate plumage) Green-winged Teal - male at the Pond Hooded Merganser - 6 Reservoir Bufflehead - female Reservoir Ruddy Duck - 40+ Reservoir American Coot - 4 (3 Reservoir, 1 the Pond) Herring Gull - 20 Reservoir Turkey Vulture - 2 low over Ramble Red-tailed Hawk - 5 Red-headed Woodpecker - continuing first-winter at the Dene (seen earlier today by Anthony Collerton) Red-bellied Woodpecker - residents Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 4 all males (Pine Hill, Strawberry Fields, Point/Oven) Downy Woodpecker - the Point Hairy Woodpecker - the Point (Sandra Critelli) Northern Flicker - near Bandshell (Will Schenck) Blue Jay - residents Black-capped Chickadee - 5-10 Tufted Titmouse - 10-15 Red-breasted Nuthatch - 2 (Shakespeare Garden & Evodia Field) White-breasted Nuthatch - 5 or 6 American Goldfinch - feeders Fox Sparrow - 4 (Evodia Field & the Oven - Sandra Critelli) Song Sparrow - 2 White-throated Sparrow - many Dark-eyed Junco - the Dene & elsewhere Northern Cardinal - residents Common Grackle - small flocks 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/[email protected]/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/ --
