Central Park NYC Sunday March. 7, 2021 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Hermit Thrush, Fox sparrow, American Tree Sparrow, Rusty Blackbird. Noticeable decrease in Tufted Titmouse numbers. Possible White-breasted Nuthatch nest. Canada Goose - around 300 Northern Shoveler - 58 Mallard - 111 Bufflehead - 5 Hooded Merganser - 5 Ruddy Duck - 12 Mourning Dove - 17 American Coot - 8 Ring-billed Gull - 23 Herring Gull - 11 Great Black-backed Gull - 3 Cooper's Hawk - first-spring male Swamp Pin Oak Red-tailed Hawk - 2 (perched at Maintenance Field, flyover Tupelo Field) Barred Owl - continues Red-bellied Woodpecker - 5 Downy Woodpecker - 6 Blue Jay - 5 Black-capped Chickadee - 10 Tufted Titmouse - 19-20 White-breasted Nuthatch - 9 incl. 1 in old Downy Woodpecker hole (Reservoir - Deb) Carolina Wren - 1 Maintenance Field Hermit Thrush - 1 Shakespeare Garden American Robin - 3-5 Fox Sparrow - 2 (Ramble) American Tree Sparrow - 1 Evodia Field (feeders) Dark-eyed Junco - 2 Evodia Field White-throated Sparrow - 80-100 Song Sparrow - 4 (one singing at Reservoir) Red-winged Blackbird - 5 Rusty Blackbird - 1 Swampy Pin Oak in the Ramble (Kate Wodell) Common Grackle - 15-20 Northern Cardinal - 9 many singing - Others reported Chipping Sparrow and Lincoln's Sparrow which over-wintered at the North End Compost Area. For details see the Manhattan Bird Alert @BirdCentralPark on twitter maintained by David Barrett. 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/ --
