Date: 10/28/24 1:41 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Mon. Oct. 28, 2024: Purple Finch, White-crowned Sparrow and Other Fall Migrants
Central Park NYC
Monday October 28, 2024
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Bufflehead, Great Blue Heron, Red-eyed Vireo, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Purple Finch, White-crowned Sparrow, Common Yellowthroat, Palm Warbler.
Canada Goose - a dozen
Northern Shoveler - 18
Mallard - around 20
Bufflehead - 1 Reservoir (Peter Salter - early)
Mourning Dove - 40-50
Herring Gull - 3 flyovers
Great Blue Heron - 1 Turtle Pond
Cooper's Hawk - 2 (adult Upper Lobe (Karen Evans), immature Sparrow Rock (Paul Curtis))
Red-tailed Hawk - 1 adult Pinetum and Great Lawn
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 or 4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 8-10
Downy Woodpecker - 1 female Maintenance Field
Northern Flicker - 1 Great Lawn
Eastern Phoebe - 2 (Strawberry Fields, Upper Lobe)
Red-eyed Vireo - 1 Reservoir (Peter Salter - early)
Blue Jay - 8-10
American Crow - 3 or 4 flyovers
Black-capped Chickadee - 6-8
Tufted Titmouse - 15-20
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 8-10
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 6-8
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1 Pinetum
Brown Creeper - 1 Pinetum
Carolina Wren - 2 Strawberry Fields
Winter Wren - 3
Gray Catbird - 2 Shakespeare Garden
Northern Mockingbird - 1 Sparrow Rock
Hermit Thrush - 30-35
American Robin - 25-30
Purple Finch - 8-10 including one male
Chipping Sparrow - 3 or 4
Dark-eyed Junco - 10-12
White-crowned Sparrow - 1 immature Sparrow Rock
White-throated Sparrow - 40-50
Song Sparrow - 15-20
Eastern Towhee - 4 (3 males, 1 female)
Common Grackle - 30-35
Common Yellowthroat - 1 female near Wagner Cove (Bob - early)
Palm Warbler - 5 or 6 including one "Western" Palm Warbler
Northern Cardinal - 6-8
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Deb Allen
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