Date: 1/11/26 1:16 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sun. Jan. 11, 2026: Common and Red-breasted Mergansers, American Kestrel, Winter Wren
Central Park NYC
Sunday, January 11, 2026
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Common and Red-breasted Mergansers, Great Blue Heron, Cooper's Hawk, American Kestrel, CArolina Wren, Winter Wren.
Canada Goose - around 1000
Wood Duck - 2 males Reservoir
Northern Shoveler - 25-30
Mallard - around 50
Hooded Merganser - 7
Common Merganser - 3 females
Red-breasted Merganser - 1 male Reservoir
Ruddy Duck - 35-40
Mourning Dove -75-85
American Coot - 1 Reservoir (Sandra Critelli)
Ring-billed and Herring Gulls - around 400, mostly Ring-billed
Great Black-backed Gull - 7
Great Blue Heron - 1 Bow Bridge island on Saturday (Bob)
Cooper's Hawk - 1 immature at the Oven
Barn Owl - a pair has been reported visiting for the last several months
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1 first-winter male Great Lawn
Downy Woodpecker - 3 or 4
American Kestrel - 1 male Strawberry Fields Saturday (Bob & Deb)
Blue Jay - 5 or 6
American Crow - flock of 40-50
Tufted Titmouse - 8-10
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 3
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1 Ramble
Carolina Wren - 1 Evodia Field (feeder area)
Winter Wren - reported at Laupot Bridge by @mbalerter on X
Hermit Thrush - 1 Shakespeare Garden Saturday (Deb)
American Robin - 30-40
Fox Sparrow - 2 Ramble
Dark-eyed Junco - 5-7
White-throated Sparrow - 50-60
Common Grackle - 1 Great Lawn
Northern Cardinal - 6-8
Other taxa: A pair of coyotes was seen at around 8am this morning interacting with an off-leash dog in the Ramble (Bob).
