Date: 10/20/24 1:38 pm
From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...>
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sun. Oct. 20, 2024: Merlin, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Fox Sparrow
Central Park NYC
Sunday, October 20, 2024
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.

Highlights: Merlin, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Fox Sparrow, Black-throated Blue and other Wood Warblers.

Canada Goose - 5 flyovers
Northern Shoveler - 9
Mallard - 21
Mourning Dove - 30-40
Herring Gull - 5 flyovers
Great Black-backed Gull - 2 flyovers (Elle Auklet)
Cooper's Hawk - 2 (1 flyover, 1 perched near Boathouse)
Red-tailed Hawk - 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 or 4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 12-15
Downy Woodpecker - 1 male south side Turtle Pond
Northern Flicker - 2 or 3
Merlin - 1 or 2 (perched Belvedere Castle (Paul Curtis), flyover Great Lawn)
Eastern Phoebe - 1 Captain's Bench
Blue-headed Vireo - 4 or 5
Blue Jay - 8-10
American Crow - heard
Black-capped Chickadee - 3
Tufted Titmouse - 15-20
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 20-25
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 5
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 5
White-breasted Nuthatch - 8-10
Brown Creeper - 1 Belvedere Castle
Winter Wren - 3 or 4
Gray Catbird - 3
Hermit Thrush - 18-21
American Robin - 25-35
House Finch - 1 Shakespeare Garden
Fox Sparrow - 1 Shakespeare Garden (Sandra Critelli)
Dark-eyed Junco - 4 or 5
White-throated Sparrow - 50-60
Song Sparrow - 5 or 6
Swamp Sparrow - 1 south side of Turtle Pond
Eastern Towhee - 5 or 6
Common Grackle - around 30
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 3
Palm Warbler - 3 "Yellow"
Pine Warbler - 1 Pinetum
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 25-30
Northern Cardinal - 5 or 6

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Deb Allen



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