Central Park--Belvedere Castle, New York, NY, USA, 8-Oct-2012

1:25 PM - 1:30 PM

Protocol: Traveling
0.1 mile(s)
Comments: Last part of the walk, up to the top of the tower, then Kim & I left.
3 species

Mallard X on Turtle Pond.
Red-tailed Hawk 2 flying around and landing on the castle. Not shy of the people taking photos at all.
European Starling X

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Central Park--Tupelo Meadow, New York, NY, USA, 8-Oct-2012

1:20 PM - 1:25 PM

Protocol: Traveling
0.25 mile(s)
Comments: Picking up speed Kim & I walked through the meadow on the way to the tower.
1 species (+1 other taxa)

Flycatcher sp. 1 flew between low branches at the fringes of the meadow. Not seen for long enough to determine if a least flycatcher.

Winter Wren 1 flew away low into undergrowth. Very much like European wren and consequently easy for me to identify.

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Central Park--The Ramble, New York, US-NY, 8-Oct-2012

12:50 PM - 1:20 PM

Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
Comments: After Cherry Hill, Kim & I walked into The Ramble, apparently one of the best spots in Central Park.
13 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose X
Mallard X
Mourning Dove X
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Blue Jay X
Brown Creeper 1 soon after the warblers. Creeping up a trunk, good, close views, distinctive species. Life-tick.
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 male.
American Robin X
Magnolia Warbler 1 juvenile. Also in the low branches of shrubs next to the path.
Black-throated Blue Warbler 2 just after the magnolia, in a production little area where two paths joined. Still with nice colours and actively feeding.
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 juvenile, also near the other warblers in the active area.
warbler sp. 1 onto the branches along the path we walked. Eye-stripe, very subtle, grennish yellow. It soon moved away & I looked at a nearby magnolia warbler. It may have been a blackpoll warbler.
Common Grackle X

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Central Park--Cherry Hill, New York, US-NY, 8-Oct-2012

12:30 PM - 12:50 PM

Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
Comments: Back to Central Park during a weekend visit; after a parula the day before Kim & I came back, this time I had my binoculars & my birding head on.
Weather: bright, but cloudy; cool.
10 species

Chimney Swift 30 or so, overhead obviously.
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 on crawling up the trunk of another tree, just after the kinglet. Red crown and throat, distinctive look. Life-tick.
Tufted Titmouse X
White-breasted Nuthatch X
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 high in a large tree, moving about quickly, warbler-like but with slightly different look. A pale eye-ring, prominent eye, and different 'jizz' enabled my id without seeing the ruby-crown. Life-tick.
Hermit Thrush 4 approx.
Eastern Towhee X - a few foraging in the leaf litter with the white-throated sparrows.
Song Sparrow X
White-throated Sparrow 20 + in the long grass and leaf litter.
House Sparrow X

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Central Park--Cedar Hill, New York, US-NY, 7-Oct-2012

3:00 PM

Protocol: Incidental
Comments: Wandering through Central Park during a weekend visit.
Weather: grey, chilly.
1 species

Northern Parula 1 in a small tree next to the path. Identified after getting quite close, without binoculars.

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