Central Park NYC Saturday, April 21, 2018 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob Highlights: House Wren, Louisiana & Northern waterthrushes, Palm & Yellow-rumped Warblers, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Blue-headed Vireo, Field & Swamp Sparrows, continuing Barn Owl.
Canada Goose - 6 Lake, another at Turtle Pond Northern Shoveler - 8 (6 Lake, 2 Turtle Pond) Mallard - 4 Turtle Pond Mourning Dove - at least 20 Herring Gull - flyovers Double-crested Cormorant - 7 or 8 Black-crowned Night-Heron - 8 (7 the Pond, 1 Turtle Pond) Red-tailed Hawk Barn Owl - continues Red-bellied Woodpecker - residents Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 3 (2 males, 1 female) Downy Woodpecker - 2 males & female King of Poland Northern Flicker - 3 or 4 Eastern Phoebe - Turtle Pond Blue-headed Vireo - Summer House Blue Jay - residents American Crow - flyover Fish Crow - flyover Northern Rough-winged Swallow - pair Turtle Pond Tufted Titmouse - singing Gill Source Brown Creeper - Upper Lobe White-breasted Nuthatch - Gill Overlook Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - the Gill Golden-crowned Kinglet - male Shakespeare Garden in hemlock Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 20-25 Hermit Thrush - still many American Robin - some on nests House Finch - 6 American Goldfinch - 10 to 12 Eastern Towhee - 4 (1 female, 3 male) Chipping Sparrow - 5 Field Sparrow - feeders Song Sparrow - 3 Swamp Sparrow - 5 White-throated Sparrow - 30-40 Dark-eyed Junco - 3 Red-winged Blackbird - 20 Brown-headed Cowbird - 4 (2 male, 2 female) Common Grackle - 20 Louisiana Waterthrush - 2 the Pond (59th Street) Northern Waterthrush - the Pond Palm Warbler - 3 Yellow-rumped Warbler - 4 or 5 Northern Cardinal - some nest-bulding -- The Red-throated Loon continued on the Reservoir in the SW corner along with at least 1/2 dozen Buffleheads, an American Coot, and 18 Ruddy Ducks (Deb - early). 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/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
