Date: 1/18/26 12:43 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sun. Jan. 18, 2026: Common Merganser, Cooper's Hawk, Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Central Park NYC
Sunday, January 18, 2026
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: This morning's walk started with temperatures just above freezing and precipitation in the form of wet snow that changed gradually to very light drizzle. Birds: Common Merganser, Cooper's Hawk, Ruby-crowned Kinglet.
Canada Goose - around 500
Northern Shoveler - 15
Mallard - around 75
American Black Duck - 2 Reservoir (Deb - early)
Bufflehead - 5
Hooded Merganser - 6
Common Merganser - 2 females continued at the Reservoir (Deb - early)
Mourning Dove - 25-30
Ring-billed Gull - around 400
Herring Gull - around 100
Great Black-backed Gull - 5
Cooper's Hawk - 1 adult female Pinetum
Red-tailed Hawk - 1 flyover
Barn Owl - present in the park again this week
Long-eared Owl - 1 reported on the evening of the 17th (Saturday)
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 5
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 2 (male Shakespeare Garden, female Pinetum)
Downy Woodpecker - 3
Northern Flicker - 1 flyover Shakespeare Garden
Blue Jay - 6-8
American Crow - 1 flyover Reservoir (Deb - early)
Tufted Titmouse - 12-15
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1 top of the Point (Sandra Critelli)
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 1 Evodia Field (Karen Evans, Sandra Critelli, Dan Stevenson) Saturday
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1 Pinetum (Alexandra Wang)
Brown Creeper - 1 Ramble (Karen Evans, Sandra Critelli, Dan Stevenson) Saturday
Carolina Wren - 1 singing male Evodia Field
American Robin - 4-6
Fox Sparrow - 1 Ramble (Karen Evans, Sandra Critelli, Dan Stevenson) Saturday
Dark-eyed Junco - 5-10
White-throated Sparrow - 50-75
Northern Cardinal - 5 or 6
