Central Park NYC Friday April 5, 2024 OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob. The winds overnight were not in our favor. Nevertheless we saw some good birds here and there: Green-winged Teal, Lesser Scaup, Red-throated and Common Loons, Turkey Vulture, Osprey, Eastern Phoebe, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Hermit Thrush, various Sparrows, Pine and Yellow-rumped Warblers. [Louisiana Waterthrush was reliably reported from the Pool and the Ramble (see the Manhattan Bird Alert @BirdCentralPark on "X" aka twitter for details)).
Canada Goose - around 20 plus pairs starting to nest at the Reservoir Northern Shoveler - around 40 Gadwall - pair south end of Reservoir Mallard - around 20 Green-winged Teal - pair at the Pool Lesser Scaup - 1 female continuing at the Reservoir Bufflehead - 18 Hooded Merganser - 4 females Red-breasted Merganser - 2 males continue at the Reservoir Ruddy Duck - 13 Mourning Dove - 20-25 American Coot - 4 Herring Gull - around 40 Great Black-backed Gull - 3 Red-throated Loon - 1 continuing at the Reservoir Common Loon - 1 continuing at the Reservoir Double-crested Cormorant - 8-10 Great Blue Heron - 1 flyover Turkey Vulture - 2 over Conservatory Garden (Mary Kate Horbac and Paul Curtis) Osprey - 1 male over the Grassy Knoll Red-tailed Hawk - 4 or 5 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 or 4 heard Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 2 Downy Woodpecker - 2 (more in the Ramble) Northern Flicker - 4 or 5 Eastern Phoebe - 10-12 Blue Jay - 5-7 American Crow - 2 flyovers Golden-crowned Kinglet - 1 male at the Pool Brown Creeper - 1 North Woods Carolina Wren - heard Conservatory Garden Winter Wren - 1 east end of the Loch Hermit Thrush - 2 North End American Robin - 30-40 House Finch - 3 Fox Sparrow - 5 or 6 (Caren Jahre and Paul Curtis) Dark-eyed Junco - 45-50 White-throated Sparrow - 50-60 Song Sparrow - 25-30 Swamp Sparrow - 2 (east end of Loch, Plant Nursery) Eastern Towhee - 1 singing male Grassy Knoll Red-winged Blackbird - 5 or 6 Common Grackle - very few Pine Warbler - 1 male Evodia Field feeders Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1 east end of the Pool (Paul Curtis) Northern Cardinal - 10-12 -- 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/ --
