Central Park NYC Saturday March 16, 2019 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Rusty Blackbird, Eastern Phoebe, Brown Thrasher, Fox Sparrow & Bald Eagle. Canada Goose - few Reservoir & Ramble (M. Benoit reported others on the Meer) Northern Shoveler - 38 (Turtle Pond & Reservoir) Mallard - 13 Turtle Pond, others on Reservoir & Lake Bufflehead - 19 (18 Reservoir, 1 Turtle Pond) Ruddy Duck - low numbers on Reservoir Pied-billed Grebe - south end Reservoir Mourning Dove - some courtship - several locations American Coot - 5 south end Reservoir American Woodcock - south of Azalea Pond Herring Gull - 1/2 dozen Reservoir Bald Eagle - adult southbound flyover Great Lawn & Pinetum (Noriko) Red-tailed Hawk - 4 (pair Beresford, flyovers - Warbler Rock, Great Lawn/Pinetum) Red-bellied Woodpecker - at least 5 Downy Woodpecker - near Boathouse Northern Flicker - Maintenance Field & the Gill American Kestrel - male over Great Lawn Eastern Phoebe - 2 Maintenance Field Blue Jay - sitting quietly in several locations American Crow - 2 over Reservoir Black-capped Chickadee - 2 (Evodia Field & Mugger's Woods (Sandra Critelli)) Tufted Titmouse - at least 40 Red-breasted Nuthatch - Evodia Field feeders White-breasted Nuthatch - at least 4 American Robin - some small flocks foraging on lawns Brown Thrasher - 2 Turtle Pond (Matthieu Benoit) House Finch - pair Maintenance Field, another heard American Goldfinch - 11 Evodia Field thistle feeders Eastern Towhee - 3 (Shakespeare Garden (Mark Siegeltuch), Maint. Field (Patty Pike), Tupelo Field) Fox Sparrow - Warbler Rock Song Sparrow - at least 8 White-throated Sparrow - moderate numbers Dark-eyed Junco - 2 Evodia Field Red-winged Blackbird - Evodia Field, others heard Rusty Blackbird - the Gill near Azalea Pond Common Grackle - small flocks in Ramble & at feeders Northern Cardinal - at least 8 Deborah 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/ --
