Registrar: Michelle Zorzi
Participants: 37
Weather: 52F and sunny, light breeze
Bird Species: 53
It was a beautiful fall day for our second-to-last Central Park walk of the year. Thirty-seven enthusiastic birders met at 86th Street at 8am and split into two groups. The groups visited the Reservoir and then continued north to the Pool, the Loch, the Conservatory Garden and the North Woods. Some birders continued into the Ramble where they spotted a perched Red-shouldered Hawk, a rarity for Central Park. Other highlights were a Broad-winged Hawk (flyover at the beginning of the walk), a beautiful pair of Wood Ducks, and a female Green-winged Teal at the Pool, as well as many chickadees and titmice throughout the park. It was a wonderful walk, enjoyed by new and experienced birders alike.
Species Lists
Birds
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Mallard
Green-winged Teal
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
American Coot
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Peregrine Falcon
Blue Jay
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
European Starling
Northern Mockingbird
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
