Central Park (North end & Ramble), NYC Friday November 30, 2018 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Pine Siskins, Purple Finches, Barred and N. Saw-whet Owls. Canada Goose - around 200 including flyovers Wood Duck - 3 males (1 at the Pool, 2 at the Pond) Northern Shoveler - around 100 Mallard - 125+ American Black Duck - 3 Bufflehead - 7 Hooded Merganser - 9 Reservoir Ruddy Duck - 77 (16 Meer, 61 Reservoir) Mourning Dove - 8 American Coot - 2 (Reservoir & the Pond) Ring-billed Gull - around 200 Reservoir, 20 at the Meer Herring Gull - at least 10 Reservoir, plus numerous flyovers Great Black-backed Gull - 2 Reservoir Double-crested Cormorant - Turtle Pond Great Blue Heron - Meer Island Cooper's Hawk - 4 (3 at the Oven, 1 at the Loch) Red-shouldered Hawk - possible (very high southbound flyover) Red-tailed Hawk - 6 Barred Owl - 2 (North End (Ken Charity) & elsewhere) Northern Saw-whet Owl - 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 8 to 10 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - Tupelo Field Downy Woodpecker - (feeders & Green Bench) Northern Flicker - Meer Peregrine Falcon - adult high flyover Conservatory Garden Blue Jay - 20 American Crow - 8 including flock of 6 in Ramble Black-capped Chickadee - 9 Tufted Titmouse - around 30 Red-breasted Nuthatch - 2 (feeders and Pine Hill) White-breasted Nuthatch - 14 Golden-crowned Kinglet - 2 (Warbler Rock & Wildflower Meadow) Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 3 (Upper Lobe, Wildflower Meadow, Children's Glade) Eastern Bluebird - south of Azalea Pond (plus heard-only north of the Pool) Hermit Thrush - Shakespeare Garden American Robin - in crab apples many locations Gray Catbird - 2 (Shakespeare Garden & Wildflower Meadow) Northern Mockingbird - 3 (Cherry Hill, 2 n. of the Pool) Cedar Waxwing - at least 56 (25-30 Green Bench,25 Tupelo Field, 6 Upper Lobe) House Finch - 6 Purple Finch - 15 (10 Tupelo Field, 4 Upper Lobe, 1 Loch) Pine Siskin - around 50 including at least 40 Upper Lobe American Goldfinch - around 100 in Sweetgums in Ramble, others elsewhere Eastern Towhee - 4 (3 west of Castle, 1 West Blowdown) Fox Sparrow - around 7 (1 Children's Glade (Vicki Seabrook), around 6 Ramble) Song Sparrow 6 (2 Oven, 1 the Pond, 3 North End) Swamp Sparrow - Meer White-throated Sparrow - at least 250 Dark-eyed Junco - flock of 75 Maintenance Field, a few North End Common Grackle - flock of 30-40 in Ramble (early am), around 100 N. Meadow Ball Fields, a few at feeders Northern Cardinal - 18 Escape/exotic: male Mandarin Duck continues at the Pond. Deb Allen Follow us on twitter @BirdingBobNYC & @DAllenNYC -- 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/ --
