Date: 1/5/25 2:14 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sun. Jan. 5, 2025: Snow Goose, Wood Duck, Hairy Woodpecker, Brown Creeper, Fox Sparrow
Central Park NYC
Sunday, January 5, 2025
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Snow Goose, Wood Duck, Hairy Woodpecker, Brown Creeper, Fox Sparrow Sunday. Red-breasted Nuthatch and Pine SIskin Saturday.
Snow Goose - continuing lone adult on the Lake today
Canada Goose - 400-500
Wood Duck - 1 male southeast Reservoir
Northern Shoveler - around 40
Gadwall - 4
Mallard - 50+
American Black Duck - 5
Bufflehead - 12
Hooded Merganser - 8
Ruddy Duck - Reservoir
Mourning Dove - 40-50
American Coot - 2 Reservoir
Ring-billed and Herring Gulls (mostly Ring-billed) - 350-400
Great Black-backed Gull - 5
Cooper's Hawk - 3
Red-tailed Hawk - 5
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1 male Evodia Field
Downy Woodpecker - 2 or 3
Hairy Woodpecker - 1 male top of the Oven (Chez Armando)
Blue Jay - 4-6
American Crow - 8-10
Black-capped Chickadee - 6-8
Tufted Titmouse - 20-30
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1 Evodia Field Saturday (Karen Evans)
White-breasted Nuthatch - 5 or 6
Brown Creeper - 1 top of the Point (Chez Armando)
American Robin - 15-20
Pine Siskin - 1 Evodia Field on Saturday (Karen Evans)
Fox Sparrow - 1 photographed in Ramble (David Barrett)
White-throated Sparrow - 20-30
Northern Cardinal - 10-12
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There has recently been a noteworthy absence of Cedar Waxwings, American Goldfinches, and Common Grackles in Manhattan and the Bronx.
Great Horned Owls in the Bronx have paired up and will be nesting soon.
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Deb Allen
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