Central Park NYC - North End Sunday November 1, 2015 OBS: Robert DeCandido, Deborah Allen, m.ob. on bird walk
Highlights: Dickcissel (female) at East Blowdown Meadow (between the Pool and the Great Hill), 4 warbler sp. & Sora. Gadwall - at least 4 at the Meer Northern Shoveler - at least 5 at the Meer Bufflehead - 3 at the Meer, 2 at the Pool Ruddy Duck - 5 at the Meer Cooper's Hawk - flyover Sora - continues at the Loch Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker American Kestrel - perched on west side building Eastern Phoebe - Wildflower Meadow (thanks to Peter Haskel) American Crow - 2 Tree Swallow - flyover at the Meer another or the same over the Great Hill Black-capped Chickadee - Green Bench Winter Wren - 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 5 Hermit Thrush - 6 Cedar Waxwing - flock of around 25 - various locations Orange-crowned Warbler - Loch Nashville Warbler - Wildflower Meadow Northern Parula - Loch Blackpoll Warbler - Loch Eastern Towhee - male Chipping Sparrow - a few before the walk at Fort Clinton Song Sparrow - 3 White-throated Sparrow - around 50 Dark-eyed Junco - around 20 Northern Cardinal Dickcissel - female at East Blowdown Meadow Brown-headed Cosbird - before walk House Finch - 8 before walk The Sora greedily devoured the unsalted peanuts (broken into small pieces) that I gave him today. Outside the breeding season Soras are mostly granivorous. They eat wild rice, smartweet seeds, and weed seeds. Smartweed is in the buckwheat family, and I'm sure the bird would appreciate some buckwheat groats (kasha), wild or brown rice, or even bird seed. 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/ --
