Date: 4/5/24 3:51 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Fri. April 5, 2024: Green-winged Teal, Lesser Scaup, Loons, Pine and Yellow-rumped Warblers
Central Park NYC
Friday April 5, 2024
OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob.
The winds overnight were not in our favor. Nevertheless we saw some good birds here and there: Green-winged Teal, Lesser Scaup, Red-throated and Common Loons, Turkey Vulture, Osprey, Eastern Phoebe, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Hermit Thrush, various Sparrows, Pine and Yellow-rumped Warblers. [Louisiana Waterthrush was reliably reported from the Pool and the Ramble (see the Manhattan Bird Alert @BirdCentralPark on "X" aka twitter for details)).
Canada Goose - around 20 plus pairs starting to nest at the Reservoir
Northern Shoveler - around 40
Gadwall - pair south end of Reservoir
Mallard - around 20
Green-winged Teal - pair at the Pool
Lesser Scaup - 1 female continuing at the Reservoir
Bufflehead - 18
Hooded Merganser - 4 females
Red-breasted Merganser - 2 males continue at the Reservoir
Ruddy Duck - 13
Mourning Dove - 20-25
American Coot - 4
Herring Gull - around 40
Great Black-backed Gull - 3
Red-throated Loon - 1 continuing at the Reservoir
Common Loon - 1 continuing at the Reservoir
Double-crested Cormorant - 8-10
Great Blue Heron - 1 flyover
Turkey Vulture - 2 over Conservatory Garden (Mary Kate Horbac and Paul Curtis)
Osprey - 1 male over the Grassy Knoll
Red-tailed Hawk - 4 or 5
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 or 4 heard
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 2 (more in the Ramble)
Northern Flicker - 4 or 5
Eastern Phoebe - 10-12
Blue Jay - 5-7
American Crow - 2 flyovers
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 1 male at the Pool
Brown Creeper - 1 North Woods
Carolina Wren - heard Conservatory Garden
Winter Wren - 1 east end of the Loch
Hermit Thrush - 2 North End
American Robin - 30-40
House Finch - 3
Fox Sparrow - 5 or 6 (Caren Jahre and Paul Curtis)
Dark-eyed Junco - 45-50
White-throated Sparrow - 50-60
Song Sparrow - 25-30
Swamp Sparrow - 2 (east end of Loch, Plant Nursery)
Eastern Towhee - 1 singing male Grassy Knoll
Red-winged Blackbird - 5 or 6
Common Grackle - very few
Pine Warbler - 1 male Evodia Field feeders
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1 east end of the Pool (Paul Curtis)
Northern Cardinal - 10-12
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Deb Allen
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