Central Park, NYC Saturday & Sunday April 6-7, 2019 OBS: Rboert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Pine & Palm Warblers, Ruby- and Golden-crowned Kinglets, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Common Raven, Brown Creeper, Hermit Thrush, Eastern Phoebe, Brown Thrasher, Swamp, Song, Fox, & Chipping Sparrows. Unless otherwise noted birds listed were observed on both days. Canada Goose - Reservoir, Turtle Pond Northern Shoveler - Reservoir & Turtle Pond (30+) Mallard - Reservoir, Lake, Turtle Pond Bufflehead - small numbers Reservoir Hooded Merganser - pair Reservoir (Saturday) Ruddy Duck - small flock (15) on Reservoir Mourning Dove - around 20 American Coot - 3 Reservoir Ring-billed, Herring and Great Black-backed Gulls - Reservoir & flyovers Double-crested Cormorant - Reservoir, Turtle Pond & Flyovers Cooper's Hawk - after lunch Sunday at feeders (Sandra Critelli) Red-tailed Hawk - pair at San Remo nest Red-bellied Woodpecker - at least 6 Downy Woodpecker - at least 4 Northern Flicker - both days, female drumming at Warbler Rock on Sunday American Kestrel - Turtle Pond flyover Sunday (Jo & Adam Fasciolo) Peregrine Falcon - flyover Saturday (Matthieu Benoit) Eastern Phoebe - several locations Blue Jay - mostly in pairs now Crow - flyovers Common Raven - two circling over Source of the Gill Sunday (Bill Heck) Black-capped Chickadee - small numbers Tufted Titmouse - 30-40 both days Brown Creeper - several locations White-breasted Nuthatch - several locations Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Tupelo Field Saturday (Matthieu Benoit) Hermit Thrush - several locations both days American Robin - lawns, esp. Great Lawn Brown Thrasher - 3 to 4 Maintenance Field & Mugger's Woods House Finch - feeders on Saturday American Goldfinch - as many as a dozen at feeders, others scattered around Eastern Towhee - Mugger's Woods Chipping Sparrow - small numbers in several locations Fox Sparrow - 3 s. of Tupelo Field Sunday, 1 W. of Tupelo Saturday Song Sparrow - several locations Swamp Sparrow - Tupelo Field White-throated Sparrow - still many Dark-eyed Junco - small numbers in several locations Red-winged Blackbird - Feeders & Oven Common Grackle - small flock at feeders Palm Warbler - south of Tupelo Field Sunday (Bill Heck) Pine Warbler - singing in Siberian Elm at Pinetum Sunday Northern Cardinal - a pair or two in most locations Deb Allen Follow us on twitter @BirdingBobNYC & @DAllenNYC E. J. Bartolazo (@ejbarto1 on twitter) found & photographed a Louisiana Waterthrush at the Loch on Sunday. The bird was also photographed by Ron Lugo (@birdsRon). See @BirdCentralPark for many other Manhattan bird alerts. -- 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/ --
