Central Park NYC Thursday, October 17, 2024 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Wood Duck, Sharp-shinned and Cooper's Hawks, White-crowned Sparrow, 7 Species of Wood Warblers, Scarlet Tanager. Canada Goose - 6 Wood Duck - 2 males Turtle Pond Northern Shoveler - 9* Mallard - 30 Mourning Dove - 40-50 Herring Gull - 4 or 5 flyovers* Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1 flyover Cooper's Hawk - 2 or 3 Red-tailed Hawk - 2 or 3 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 or 4 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 12-15 Downy Woodpecker - 2 or 3 Northern Flicker - 6-8 Eastern Phoebe - 1 on the Point Blue-headed Vireo - 5 or 6 Blue Jay - 10-15 American Crow - 3 or 4 flyovers Tufted Titmouse - 15-20 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 16-18 Golden-crowned Kinglet - 9 or 10 Red-breasted Nuthatch - 3 White-breasted Nuthatch - 8-10 Brown Creeper - 1 Willow Rock Carolina Wren - 2 or 3 Winter Wren - 3 or 4 Gray Catbird - 4 or 5 Northern Mockingbird - 1 Sparrow Rock Hermit Thrush - 30-40 Wood Thrush - 1 Captain's Bench American Robin - 60-80 House Finch - 3 or 4 Chipping Sparrow - 15-20 Dark-eyed Junco - 3 or 4 White-crowned Sparrow - 1 hatch-year Sparrow Rock White-throated Sparrow - 150-300 Song Sparrow - 8-10 Swamp Sparrow - 1 Turtle Pond Eastern Towhee - 8-10 Common Grackle - 25-35 Ovenbird - 1 Shakespeare Garden (Paul Curtis) Common Yellowthroat - 1 Shakespeare Garden American Redstart - 1 south side Turtle Pond Northern Parula - 2 or 3 Black-throated Blue Warbler - 5 or 6 Palm Warbler - 6-8 Yellow-rumped Warbler - 30-40 Scarlet Tanager - 1 Pinetum (Caren Jahre) Northern Cardinal - 6-8 -- * Many, many other Northern Shovelers and Herring Gulls continue at the Reservoir. -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
