Date: 3/28/26 2:32 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sat. March 28, 2026: Common Merganser (5), Belted Kingfisher
Central Park NYC
Saturday March 28, 2026
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: American Black Duck, Common and Red-breasted Mergansers, Belted Kingfisher, Eastern Phoebe, Ruby- and Golden-crowned Kinglets, Brown Creeper, Winter Wren, Chipping, Fox, and Swamp Sparrows.
Canada Goose - 85
Wood Duck - 3 (2 males, 1 female)
Northern Shoveler - 12
Mallard - 26
American Black Duck - 1 male Lake
Bufflehead - 4 (2 males, 2 females)
Hooded Merganser - 4 (2 males, 2 females)
Common Merganser - 5 (1 male, 1 second-year, 3 females)
Red-breasted Merganser - 7
Ruddy Duck - 4
Mourning Dove - 25-30
Ring-billed and Herring Gulls - 50
Great Black-backed Gull - 2 Reservoir
Double-crested Cormorant - 3
Black-crowned Night-Heron - 6
Red-tailed Hawk - 1 immature perched in Ramble
Belted Kingfisher - 1 Turtle Pond (Heather Cook)
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 8-10
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 5
Downy Woodpecker - 3 or 4
Northern Flicker - 10-12
Eastern Phoebe - 4 or 5
Blue Jay - 9-11
Tufted Titmouse - 8-10
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2 Ramble
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 6-8
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1 male Laupot Bridge
Brown Creeper - 3
Whiter Wren - 2 Ramble (David Barrett)
Hermit Thrush - 1 Ramble
American Robin - 25-30
American Goldfinch - 3
Chipping Sparrow - 1 Evodia Field
Fox Sparrow - 1 Azalea Pond
Dark-eyed Junco - 15-20
White-throated Sparrow - 30-40
Song Sparrow - 4 or 5
Swamp sparrow - 1 Evodia Field
Red-winged Blackbird - 2 males (Pinetum, Turtle Pond)
Common Grackle - 30-40
Northern Cardinal - 6
