Date: 1/23/26 3:52 am From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC - 1/22 - Cackling Geese, L.B.-b. Gulls, etc.
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City - Thursday, January 22nd -
In addition to three Cackling Geese continuing, mainly on the Great Lawn, which is just south of the reservoir at Central Park. Two Lesser Black-backed Gulls were discovered on Thursday, with good numbers of the more-regular gulls showing in some parts of all recent days, one of the 2 Lesser Black-backs in bold adult plumage, and that individual also seen by many after reporting by D.J. Ringer. The Cacklers were seen by yet more observers mostly at the Great Lawn, although those geese as well as the accompanying hordes of Canada Geese had seemed to overnight, at least, on the nearby reservoir, and then moved early in the day to the Great Lawn, with feeding commencing.
With some further scrutiny of gulls coming in at Central Park, and elsewhere all around this county, we may find that additional uncommon or rarer gulls could be showing up. A good variety of other birds were noted thru Thursday at Central Park, by many observers in the collective, with the mild weather on the day, and more than 50 native bird species were noted, particularly thanks to fairly good waterfowl diversity, still including Common and Hooded Mergansers, Green-winged Teals, Wood Ducks, and the other assorted duckage.
Plenty of ice or snow had melted off for now, and some waterbodies were a bit more open, the last of them to lose much ice being the small Pond at the SE corner of the park, with such shadowing effects by very high buildings located on and near Central Park South.
Good birding and thanks to many for alerts, updates, and reports.
