Central Park NYC Saturday October 31, 2015 OBS: R. DeCandido, D. Allen, m.ob. on bird walks from 7:30am - a bit after noon.
The highlight of today's walk was not one but two Red-headed Woodpeckers, both immature (hatch-year) birds, one at the Oven busy storing acorns, the other at the Locust Grove (found by Jeff Ward). Wood Duck - 3 on Turtle Pond, the 2 males molting Double-crested Cormorant - "v" of about 20 heading south Cooper's Hawk - juvenile and subadult both perched and also flying Red-tailed Hawk - flyover adult and juvenile Red-headed Woodpecker - hatch-year birds Oven & Locust Grove (thanks Jeff) Red-bellied Woodpecker - 5 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 2 Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker - 2 Peregrine Falcon - adult over Pinetum Tufted Titmouse - 5 White-breasted Nuthatch - 7 (one of these chased by the Red-headed Woodpecker at the Oven) Winter Wren - Tupelo Field Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2 Hermit Thrush - 12 (probably forgot to count some) American Robin - many Gray Catbird - Maintenance Field Cedar Waxwing - 33 most at King of Poland Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3 at Azalea Pond Eastern Towhee Song Sparrow - 5 White-throated Sparrow - 5 Northern Cardinal Rose-breasted Grosbeak - heard only near feeders Common Grackle - flock American Goldfinch - 2 Elena Gaillard showed me some feathers from an American Woodcock near Willow Rock in the Ramble. Apparently some children made off with a dead woodcock they'd found leaving a few feathers behind.The feathers looked like they'd been plucked from the bird so perhaps one of the Cooper's Hawks or red-tails had a few bites. Deb Allen -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
