Date: 11/2/24 2:02 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sat. Nov. 2, 2024: Cedar Waxwing, Purple Finch, Cape May Warbler
Central Park NYC
Saturday November 2, 2024
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Wood Duck, Common Raven, Cedar Waxwing flocks, Purple Finch, many flyover blackbird flocks, Cape May Warbler and other Wood Warblers. Eastern Bluebird was reported at an iron bridge at the Reservoir.
Canada Goose - 4 flyovers
Wood Duck - 5 males
Northern Shoveler - 20-25
Mallard - 27
Mourning Dove - 30-40
American Herring Gull - 300-400
Great Black-backed Gull - 7
Great Blue Heron - 1 Turtle Pond
Cooper's Hawk - 1 Southwest Reservoir
Red-tailed Hawk - 3 or 4
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 or 3
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 8-10
Northern Flicker - 1 flyover
Eastern Phoebe - 1 Weather Station
Blue Jay - 12-16
American Crow - 3 flyovers
Common Raven - 2 flyovers Turtle Pond
Black-capped Chickadee - 5-7
Tufted Titmouse - 8-10
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 3
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 4-6
Cedar Waxwing - 15-20 perched, many flyover flocks
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1 Pinetum
White-breasted Nuthatch - 5 or 6
Brown Creeper - 1 east side Turtle Pond
Carolina Wren - 2 Weather Station
Hermit Thrush - 25-30
American Robin - 80-100
House Finch - 1 Sparrow Rock
Purple Finch - 6
Chipping Sparrow - 6-8
Dark-eyed Junco - 30-40
White-throated Sparrow - 60-70
Song Sparrow - 20-30
Swamp Sparrow - 1 Shakespeare Garden
Eastern Towhee - 2 (male and female) Shakespeare Garden
Red-winged-Blackbird - 1 perched Vista Rock, many flyover flocks
Brown-headed Cowbird - flyover flocks
Common Grackle - 50-60 plus many flyover flocks
Cape May Warbler - 1 Pinetum (Karen Evans)
Pine Warbler - 8-10
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 6
Northern Cardinal - 4-6
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Deb Allen
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