Central Park NYC Thursday October 31, 2024 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Wood Duck, Great Blue Heron, Great Horned Owl, Cedar Waxwing (flock of 100+) Clay-colored Sparrow. Wood Duck - 2 males Turtle Pond Northern Shoveler - 5 Gadwall - 3 Mallard - around 60 Mourning Dove - 30-40 Herring Gull - 4 or 5 flyovers Great Blue Heron - 1 Turtle Pone Cooper's Hawk - 2 (immature Sparrow Rock, adult Turtle Pond) Red-tailed Hawk - 4 Great Horned Owl - 1 Sparrow Rock, later at about 83rd St. west of Great Lawn (refind Caren Jahre)* Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 or 3 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 2 (Pinetum, the Point) Eastern Phoebe - 3 or 4 Blue Jay - 8-10 American Crow - flyover flock of 6 Common Raven - 1 over 5th Avenue and 72nd Street heading south (Deb - early) Black-capped Chickadee - 5 or 6 Tufted Titmouse - 9 or 10 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 3 Cedar Waxwing - flock of 100-120 Red-breasted Nuthatch - 2 Pinetum White-breasted Nuthatch - 3 Winter Wren - 1 Ramble Gray Catbird - 1 Shakespeare Garden Hermit Thrush - 30-35 American Robin - 15-20 Chipping Sparrow - 10-12 Clay-colored Sparrow - 1 Pinetum Fox Sparrow - 1 on lawn northeast of Turtle Pond Dark-eyed Junco - 6-8 White-throated Sparrow - 30-40 Song Sparrow - 8-10 Brown-headed Cowbird - 7 (6 males, 1 female) Common Grackle - flyover flock of 40 Palm Warbler - 2 "Yellow" Pinetum Pine Warbler - 1 Pinetum Yellow-rumped Warbler - 5 Northern Cardinal 7 or 8 -- *the Great Horned Owl was spotted by visiting British birders in our group as it was being harassed by three Red-tailed Hawks. We lost sight of the bird, but it was seen again later by many observers. -- Based on reports from banding stations north of us, it's possible that we may have an irruption of Boreal Owls this year. Look Saw-whets over carefully when they turn up. I haven't seen the following reported on this list: last Tuesday, Oct. 29th, a Saw-whet Owl was found by New Jersey birder Rich Krakowski at Gapstow Bridge and subsequently seen and photographed by many. -- Happy Halloween, 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/ --
