Date: 2/2/25 1:04 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC, Sun. Feb. 2, 2025: Waterfowl and Raptors
Central Park, NYC
Sunday February 2, 2025
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Waterfowl and Raptors - Snow Goose, Hooded and Common Mergansers, Long-eared Owl, and a belated report of Barn Owl*. This morning angry Blue Jays led me to a Long-eared Owl. There had been four Long-eared Owls earlier in the week together in a group of conifers. Today's Long-eared Owl may be a new arrival in the park or one of the four other Long-ears, which have dispersed from their original location. Prior to that, on January 23rd, a Barn Owl was photographed at night near the Delacorte Theater. (The Delacorte Theater, including the restrooms, and much of Shakespeare Garden are currently fenced off because of construction). The Barn Owl has not been relocated.
Snow Goose - 1 adult Reservoir
Canada Goose - 600-800
Northern Shoveler - 20-30
Mallard - 50-65
American Black Duck - 4 plus a few Mallard x American Black Duck hybrids
Bufflehead - 3
Hooded Merganser -6
Common Merganser - 2
Mourning Dove - 22
American Coot - 4
Ring-billed and Herring Gulls - only around 200
Great Black-backed Gull - 2 Reservoir
Red-tailed Hawk - 1 Evodia Field
Long-eared Owl - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1 male Locust Grove
Downy Woodpecker - 2 (male and female) Evodia Field feeders
Blue Jay - 15-20
American Crow - 2 Reservoir
Black-capped Chickadee - 10-15
Tufted Titmouse - 20-30
White-breasted Nuthatch - 5-10
Carolina Wren - 1 or 2 in the Ramble
Hermit Thrush - 1
House Finch - 3
American Goldfinch - 2 Evodia Field feeders
Fox Sparrow - 2 Evodia Field
White-throated Sparrow - 60-80
Northern Cardinal - 5
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*Barn Owl reported on @mbalerter maintained by David Barrett on X (Twitter).
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Deb Allen
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