Central Park NYC Saturday, March 30, 2024 OBS:Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights on a breezy morning: Wood Duck, Green-winged Teal, Lesser Scaup, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-throated Loon, Common Loon, Ruby- and Golden-crowned Kinglets, Hermit Thrush, Fox Sparrow. Canada Goose - 25 Wood Duck - 1 male at the Pool (Deb - early) Northern Shoveler - 250-260 Mallard - around 30 Green-winged Teal - pair continues at the Pool (Deb - early) Lesser Scaup - 1 continues at the Reservoir Bufflehead - 20-25 Hooded Merganser - 3 (all female) Red-breasted Merganser - 2 (adult and immature males) Reservoir Ruddy Duck - 4 Mourning Dove - 25-35 American Coot - 6 Herring Gull - around 30 Great Black-backed Gull - 2 Reservoir Red-throated Loon - 1 continues north end Reservoir Common Loon - 3 (2 immature, 1 adult in breeding plumage (David Barrett)) Double-crested Cormorant - 3 Cooper's Hawk - 1 in Ramble (David Barrett) Red-tailed Hawk - 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4 or 5 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 5 males (Caren Jahre) Downy Woodpecker - 4 or 5 Northern Flicker - 3 Eastern Phoebe - 1 near Boathouse Blue Jay - 5 or 6 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1 Shakespeare Garden (Mark Siegeltuch) Golden-crowned Kinglet - 3 Hermit Thrush - 1 Evodia Field near feeders American Robin - 80-100 House Finch - 3 American Goldfinch - 1 Evodia Field Fox Sparrow - 4 or 5 White-throated Sparrow - 50-60 Song Sparrow - 7-9 Red-winged Blackbird - 6-8 Common Grackle - 10-15 Northern Cardinal - 8-10 including a pair duetting at Maintenance Field -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
