Date: 3/23/25 3:48 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sat.Sun. March 22-23, 2025: R-b Merganser, Black-headed Gull, Peregrine Falcon, Rusty Blackbird
Central Park NYC
Saturday & Sunday March 22-23, 2025: Red-breasted Merganser, Black-headed Gull, Peregrine Falcon, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Rusty Blackbird.
The list is Sunday's, with additional birds from Saturday.
Canada Goose - 40-50
Wood Duck - male 1 or 2 Reservoir and Turtle Pond Saturday
Northern Shoveler - around 100
Gadwall - 10
Mallard - around 50
Bufflehead - 11
Hooded Merganser - 5
Red-breasted Merganser - 2 males Reservoir Saturday
Ruddy Duck - 10
Mourning Dove - 8
American Coot - 2 Reservoir
Black-headed Gull - reported Saturday at the Reservoir (Brad Kane)
Ring-billed and Herring Gulls - around 50 mostly Herring Gulls
Great Black-backed Gull - 5 on Saturday
Double-crested Cormorant - 3
Great Blue Heron - 1 adult Upper Lobe
Cooper's Hawk - 1 over Turtle Pond Saturday
Bald Eagle - 1 reported at the Reservoir via Discord
Red-tailed Hawk - 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 Great Lawn and Ramble
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 3
Downy Woodpecker - 4
Northern Flicker - 1 Maintenance Field Saturday
American Kestrel - 1 male Belvedere Castle Saturday
Peregrine Falcon - pair south end Reservoir Saturday
Eastern Phoebe - 6-8
Blue Jay - 8-10
American Crow - 4 Saturday
Common Raven - 1 south end Reservoir Saturday
Black-capped Chickadee - 15-20
Tufted Titmouse - 10-15
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1 male Azalea Pond
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 2 Turtle Pond
White-breasted Nuthatch - 6-8
Brown Creeper - 1 Turtle Pond Saturday
American Robin - 30-40
Field Sparrow - 1 Turtle Pond north side Saturday (Sandra Critelli)
Fox Sparrow - 3
Dark-eyed Junco - 3 or 4
White-throated Sparrow - 15-20
Song Sparrow - 5 or 6
Eastern Towhee - 1 male Tanner's Spring
Red-winged Blackbird - 3 or 4
Brown-headed Cowbird - 1 male, 2 females Pinetum Saturday (Sandra Critelli)
Rusty Blackbird - 1 male Friday Laupot Bridge, 1 female Sunday Evodia Field (@Gigpalileo)
Common Grackle - around 30
Northern Cardinal - 6-8
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Deb Allen
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