Central Park NYC Saturday, October 28, 2017 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob.
Highlights: Northern Parula & Sharp-shinned Hawk Mallard - 10 Turtle Pond Northern Shoveler - 8 Turtle Pond Mourning Dove Herring Gull - 3 flyovers Double-crested Cormorant - flyover Sharp-shinned Hawk - southbound flyover Red-tailed Hawk - 3 flyovers Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 10-15 mostly in Pinetum Downy Woodpecker - Azalea Pond Northern Flicker - 3 Blue Jay - a few American Crow - flock of around 32 Tufted Titmouse - Shakespeare Garden White-breasted Nuthatch - Azalea Pond Winter Wren - Maintenance Field golden-crowned Kinglet - 5 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 15 Hermit Thrush - 5-10 Maintenance Field American Robin - fewer than 10 Gray Catbird - 2 (Shakespeare Garden & Ramble) Northern Mockingbird - Shakespeare Garden House Finch - a few Eastern Towhee - male Ramble Chipping Sparrow - 4 Maintenance Field Song Sparrow - 6 White-throated Sparrow - 25 Common Grackle - Shakespeare Garden Northern Parula - east of Azalea Pond Yellow-rumped Warbler - 18-23 (10-15 Pinetum, 4 Upper Lobe, 4 Ramble) Northern Cardinal - residents -- Today's Central Park tweets: A male Hooded Warbler found yesterday by Gabriel Willow continued at the Children's Glade (Terence Zahner) at around 9:15am. Field and White-crowned Sparrows at the Compost area at the north end (Tony Gazso) at around 11am. A Bufflehead at the Reservoir (Joe Girgente) at around 1:30pm. A Yellow-throated Warbler near the Maintenance Field at the East Drive at the latitude of 79th Street at a little after 3pm (@BirdCentralPark), still in the area at around 4:30pm (Brad Kane). Deb Allen www.birdingbob.com -- 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/ --
