Hello everyone,
We still have a few winter visitors around, the most notable being a pair of Redheads in the 59th street harbor, but the migrants continue to arrive. We spotted a Black-crowned Night Heron in the Japanese Garden – can our friend Osaka be back? I hope so. Also in the Japanese Garden, a mama Robin was making her nest in a beautiful flowering tree. A very picturesque scene indeed.
The Goldfinches are turning bright yellow and the Tree Swallows were inspecting various tree cavities for possible nesting sites. A real Great Egret was hanging out with the decoys, and it looked gorgeous with its breeding plumage on full display. At the end of the walk, we were treated to an Osprey flyover. It made a few circles over the lagoons before heading off to better fishing grounds.
BIRDERS: Mark M., Lucy, Paul, Mark C., Val, Caterina, Luther, Cheryl, Katie, Traci, Jennie, Mike, Marian, Roger, Leslie, Kristin, Robert, Simone, Jane, Howard, Marisa, Monica, Elaine, Jaesoo, Larry, Tyler, Pam, Renate, Eric, Mark W., Chen and welcome to Elizabeth, Sander, Andy, Katie from St. Louis, Emma and Tom.
TIME: 8:00am to 12:10pm
WEATHER: High 30s, sunny
Compiler: Cheryl
Photographers: Marisa, Eric, Paul, Leslie
Canada Goose Number observed: 22
Wood Duck Number observed: 6
Blue-winged Teal Number observed: 2
Mallard Number observed: 11
Redhead Number observed: 2
Greater/Lesser Scaup Number observed: 7
Common Merganser Number observed: 1
Red-breasted Merganser Number observed: 12
Mourning Dove Number observed: 1
American Coot Number observed: 1
Killdeer Number observed: 1
Ring-billed Gull Number observed: 10
American Herring Gull Number observed: 5
Caspian Tern Number observed: 4
Pied-billed Grebe Number observed: 2
Double-crested Cormorant Number observed: 33
Black-crowned Night Heron Number observed: 5
Great Egret Number observed: 1
Great Blue Heron Number observed: 2
Turkey Vulture Number observed: 1
Osprey Number observed: 1
Cooper's Hawk Number observed: 1
Belted Kingfisher Number observed: 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Number observed: 3
Downy Woodpecker Number observed: 4
Hairy Woodpecker Number observed: 1
Northern Flicker Number observed: 9
Eastern Phoebe Number observed: 6
American Crow Number observed: 7
Black-capped Chickadee Number observed: 4
Tree Swallow Number observed: 6
Northern Rough-winged Swallow Number observed: 1
Barn Swallow Number observed: 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet Number observed: 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet Number observed: 16
Brown Creeper Number observed: 8
Winter Wren Number observed: 1
European Starling Number observed: 9
Hermit Thrush Number observed: 2
American Robin Number observed: 33
House Sparrow Number observed: 5
House Finch Number observed: 4
American Goldfinch Number observed: 6
Chipping Sparrow Number observed: 1
Fox Sparrow Number observed: 3
Dark-eyed Junco Number observed: 8
Song Sparrow Number observed: 5
Swamp Sparrow Number observed: 1
Red-winged Blackbird Number observed: 25
Brown-headed Cowbird Number observed: 2
Common Grackle Number observed: 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler Number observed: 4
Northern Cardinal Number observed: 7
If you’d like more information about a bird, check out the All About Birds ID guide:
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/
Corrections, additions, and comments are welcome.
Good birding everyone,
Jennie
Photo: Blue-winged teal by Jodi Taylor