Date: 1/24/25 4:01 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park Reservoir, NYC, Fri. Jan. 24, 2025: Iceland, Glaucous, and Black-headed Gulls
Central Park, NYC - Reservoir
Friday, January 24, 2025
OBS: Deborah Allen, many others at various times.
Highlights: Iceland, Glaucous, and Black-headed Gulls. A patch of open water around the fountain and the ice adjacent to it held most of the birds. As is typical of the Reservoir, the gulls were best observed at lunch time, with fewer gulls present there early and late in the day.
Snow Goose - 1 adult
Canada Goose - 400-500
Wood Duck - 3 males
Northern Shoveler - 100-150
Mallard - at least 100
American Black Duck - at least 2
Ring-necked Duck - 1 male continuing
Hooded Merganser - 6
Common Merganser - 4
Ruddy Duck - 4
Mourning Dove - 1
American Coot - 4
Black-headed Gull - 1 first-winter spotted by Robert Young
Ring-billed Gull - number varied from 200-400
Herring Gull - around 100
Iceland Gull - 1 adult spotted by Mary Beth Kooper*
Glaucous Gull - 1 first-winter spotted by Robert Young
Great Black-backed Gull - 8
Cooper's Hawk - flyover
White-breasted Nuthatch - heard
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - several (flock of 24 later Great Lawn harassing Cooper's Hawk)
Common Raven - 1
* Mary Beth also saw and photographed a second Iceland Gull, which was not an adult.
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I looked around for last night's Barn Owl, but was unable to find it. The usual assortment of wintering birds was present in the Ramble.
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Deb Allen
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