Central Park, NYC - Sunday, December 24, 2017 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Rusty Blackbird, Fox Sparrows, Ruby-crowned Kinglets, & Cooper's Hawk. Canada Goose - 200+ (at least 170 on the Reservoir, others on the Lake) Wood Duck - 2 males (the Pond & Reservoir) Northern Shoveler - at least 100 (around 70 Reservoir, 4 Turtle Pond, 26-30 or more on the Lake) Mallard - 178+ (162 Reservoir, 16 Turtle Pond, others on the Lake) American Black Duck - 2 Reservoir American Black Duck x Mallard - 1 Reservoir Bufflehead - 10 (6 male, 4 female Reservoir) Hooded Merganser - 3 (female Reservoir, pair Turtle Pond) Ruddy Duck - around 120 Reservoir Mourning Dove - 12 (1 Evodia Field, 11 Great Lawn) American Coot - 9 (8 Reservoir, 1 at the Pond) Ring-billed Gull - at least 250 Reservoir Herring Gull - at least 35 Reservoir plus at least as many flyovers Great Black-backed Gull - 19 Reservoir Cooper's Hawk - flying away from the feeders Red-tailed Hawk - Boathouse (early - visiting birders from the UK) Blue Jay - 8 American Crow - flyover flock of 5 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 (pair Willow Rock/Oven, 1 Locust Grove) Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - Locust Grove Downy Woodpecker - male at feeders Black-capped Chickadee - 2 Evodia Field feeders Tufted Titmouse - Swampy Pin Oak/Summer House Meadow White-breasted Nuthatch - 4 Willow Rock (Vicki Seabrook) Brown Creeper - 2 (Shakespeare Garden (Vicki Seabrook) & Evodia Field) Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2 (Hallett Sanctuary, Evodia Field) Hermit Thrush - Hallett Sanctuary American Robin - at least 10 Locust Grove (still some crab apples around) House Finch - 20 (3 Upper Lobe, 17 Evodia Field) American Goldfinch - 3 (2 Mugger's Woods (Gillian Henry), 1 Evodia Field) Fox Sparrow - 4 Mugger's Woods White-throated Sparrow - 30-50 Dark-eyed Junco - 2 (Evodia Field, Locust Grove) Common Grackle* Rusty Blackbird - female at Turtle Pond (the same bird tweeted by Andrew Durso on Dec. 12) Northern Cardinal - several locations *A big thank you to Xander Vitarelli. One of the birders visiting from France found an injured Common Grackle, which Xander delivered to the Wild Bird Fund after our stop at the south end of the Reservoir. Yesterday evening (Dec. 23) Bob, et al, found a gray morph Eastern Screech-Owl in Inwood Hill Park (north end of Manhattan). Follow us on twitter @DAllenNYC & @BirdingBobNYC. Deb Allen www.birdingbob.com -- 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/ --
