4 Red-bellied Woodpeckers? Sent from my iPhone
> On Dec 19, 2020, at 5:50 PM, Deborah Allen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Central Park NYC > Saturday December 19, 2020 > OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. > > Highlights: Although the Conservatory Garden was closed due to icy > conditions, it was a beautiful mostly sunny and calm winter morning featuring > a Peregrine Falcon and American Kestrel. We saw the usual winter ducks plus > flyover Common Mergansers. The highlight among the passerines was a lone > American Tree Sparrow. > > Canada Goose - 245 including several flyover flocks, none heading south > Northern Shoveler - 152 > Mallard - 75 > Hooded Merganser - 7 > Common Merganser - 3 flying west together over the Reservoir (Deb) > Ruddy Duck - 17 > Mourning Dove - 3 > American Coot - 1 Reservoir > Ring-billed and Herring Gulls - around 100 > Great Black-backed Gull - 3 > Cooper's Hawk - immature male at the Loch > Red-tailed Hawk - 3 > Red-headed Woodpecker - 4 > Downy Woodpecker - 4 > American Kestrel - male over Madison Ave. & 104th Street (Bob - early) > Peregrine - adult female Reservoir (David Barrett) > Blue Jay - 5 > Black-capped Chickadee - 4 to 6 > Tufted Titmouse - 15-20 > White-breasted Nuthatch - 2 (Green Bench & Compost area) > Carolina Wren - heard at the Loch > American Robin - 3 > Northern Mockingbird - 1 east drive below Green Bench > American Goldfinch - Loch > American Tree Sparrow - Green Bench flew to Compost area > Song Sparrow - 6 or 7 > White-throated Sparrow - 50-60 > Dark-eyed Junco - 4 > Red-winged Blackbird - flyover flock of 15 > Northern Cardinal - 4 > -- > On twitter: Adam Cunningham @abclooksatbirds reported an Ovenbird at Gapstow > Bridge, and a Rusty Blackbird at Turtle Pond. Ryan Serio reported the > continuing Baltimore Oriole at Carl Schurz Park, but alas, no Western > Tanager. However, the other Manhattan Western Tanager continued in Chelsea > (W. 22nd & 10th Ave.), and both Barred Owls continued today in NY County. For > these and other NY County bird reports see the Manhattan Bird Alert > @BirdCentralPark maintained by David Barrett. > > Happy Holidays, > > Deb Allen > Follow us on twitter @BirdingBobNYC & @DAllenNYC > > -- > > 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/ > > -- -- 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/ --
