Central Park NYC Sunday November 29, 2020 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Hermit Thrush, Cedar Waxwing, Late-fall Waterfowl (Wood Ducks & Hooded Mergansers) and Raptors (Cooper's Hawk, Great-horned and Barred Owls). Reports of Ruby-crowned Kinglet & Red Crossbill. Canada Goose - 55 Wood Duck - 5 (4 males, 1 female) Northern Shoveler - 218 American Black Duck - 1 male Reservoir Mallard - 121 Bufflehead - 4 Hooded Merganser - 4 (Signe Hammer) Ruddy Duck - 65 Mourning Dove - a dozen American Coot - 5 Ring-billed and Herring Gulls - around 200 Great Black-backed Gull - 14 Cooper's Hawk - immature flyover Ramble Red-tailed Hawk - 3 Great Horned Owl - continued Barred Owl - continued Red-bellied Woodpecker - 5 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 3 Downy Woodpecker - 1 in Ramble Northern Flicker - 1 Locust Grove Blue Jay - 10 American Crow - 3 Black-capped Chickadee - 8 Tufted Titmouse - 80 White-breasted Nuthatch - 3 Carolina Wren - 4 Hermit Thrush - 2 (Cedar Hill & Pinetum) American Robin - 2 dozen Cedar Waxwing - 8 Sparrow Rock (Deb) House Finch - 7 American Goldfinch - 8-10 Song Sparrow - 1 Sparrow Rock Swamp Sparrow - 1 Turtle Pond (David Barrett) White-throated Sparrow - around 50 Dark-eyed Junco - 5 Red-winged Blackbird - 7 Northern Cardinal - 7 -- Mary Beth Kooper reported a Red Crossbill at the Pinetum, and Sandra Critelli reported a Ruby-crowned Kinglet at the Pond, both reports via the Manhattan Bird Alert on twitter maintained by David Barrett. Deb Allen -- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
