Central Park, NYC Saturday Oct. 8, 2016 Robert DeCandido, Deborah Allen, m.ob. on bird walks starting from the Boathouse at 7:30am & 9:00am.
Good News - the Ramble is OPEN. >From 6:40am - 7:10 no early-morning flights of any species noted from the deck >of Belvedere Castle. But there was a modest increase today in the numbers of >White-breasted Nuthatches and White-throated Sparrows. Highlights: Slow today with difficult lighting conditions, but we saw at least 2 Cape May Warblers at the Pinetum, a Wood Thrush between the Ramble & Tupelo Field, an Eastern Meadowlark on the Great Lawn, and 12-15 Red-breasted Nuthatches. Canada Goose Mallard - at least 9 on Turtle Pond Mourning Dove Chimney Swift - at least a dozen over the Boathouse Herring Gull - flyovers Double-crested Cormorant - 2 flyovers Cooper's Hawk - first-year flew in and perched uphill from the Boathouse (Carine Mitchell) Red-bellied Woodpecker - residents Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - at least 10 in the Pinetum, others at Tupelo Field Downy Woodpecker - residents Northern Flicker - 5 Eastern Wood-Pewee - uphill from the Boathouse Eastern Phoebe Tupelo Field Red-eyed Vireo - uphill from the Boathouse Blue Jay Black-capped Chickadee - 1 or 2 Shakespeare Garden Red-breasted Nuthatch - 12-15 various locations White-breasted Nuthatch - 8 House Wren - Shakespeare Garden Carolina Wren - Shakespeare Garden Ruby-crowned Kinglet - around 50 Swainson's Thrush - Shakespeare Garden Hermit Thrush - Shakespeare Garden Wood Thrush - between the Ramble & Tupelo Field Gray Catbird - various locations Brown Thrasher - just below Belvedere Castle (Sandra Critelli) House Finch - Maintenance Field Black-and-white Warbler - uphill from the Boathouse American Redstart - 8 Cape May Warbler - at least 2 at the Pinetum Northern Parula - 5 Magnolia Warbler - Belvedere Castle Black-throated Blue Warbler - 2 (male Shakespeare Garden, female uphill from the Boathosue) Pine Warbler - Pinetum Eastern Towhee - 5 White-throated Sparrow Northern Cardinal Rose-breasted Grosbeak - heard Common Grackle - many in areas with oaks Eastern Meadowlark - Great Lawn (Bob) Today in Riverside Park a memorial for Jeff Nulle brought in his friends, relatives, and colleagues from New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. We are grateful to them and to Jeff's brother Greg, and most of all to Jeff for a life lived with honesty and grace and for Jeff's tireless efforts on behalf of the local environment, especially his beloved Riverside Park. 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/ --
