Date: 1/5/25 2:40 pm From: Paul R Sweet <sweet...> Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sun. Jan. 5, 2025: Snow Goose, Wood Duck, Hairy Woodpecker, Brown Creeper, Fox Sparrow
Regarding the assertion that Common Grackles are recently absent from Central Park, I and other observers (see eBird) can confirm there is a large flock, in the 100s, roaming the park.
Paul Sweet | Collection Manager | Department of Ornithology | American Museum of Natural History | 200 Central Park West | NY 10024 | Tel 212 769 5780 | Mob 718 757 5941
> On Jan 5, 2025, at 5:14 pm, Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> wrote:
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> Sunday, January 5, 2025
> OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
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> Highlights: Snow Goose, Wood Duck, Hairy Woodpecker, Brown Creeper, Fox Sparrow Sunday. Red-breasted Nuthatch and Pine SIskin Saturday.
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> 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.
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> Great Horned Owls in the Bronx have paired up and will be nesting soon.
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