Species 22-36: Day off, Birding on

Knocked out a few more easy to get species this morning in Central Park after Physical Therapy. If it looks like I'll hit 200 by next week, keep in mind that once I see a species, it doesn't count anymore. I saw a few repeats today that I also saw yesterday, such as Mallards and Hooded Mergansers.

Nice thing about this trip was that I got another raptor, the Peregrine Falcon. It was just a flyover, but I could see clearly from flight patterns and silhouette that it was that and not another Buteo or gull. It was also nice to get a Brown Creeper. I didn't realize until I entered it that I hadn't recorded one all of last year.

I also tried to hit what would have been a life bird, a White Winged Crossbill, based on advice from a fellow birder by the feeders in the Ramble. She said she saw them in the hemlocks by the Shakespeare Theater yesterday. Unfortunately, I came up empty with 20 minutes of searching and playing the Crossbill calls from my mini-speaker and iPod. If I'm gonna hit 200, I need to get rarer species like that.

Row #	Species	Count	Location
22	House Sparrow	20	Central Park--Strawberry Field
23	Downy Woodpecker	2	Central Park--Strawberry Field
24	Blue Jay	2	Central Park--Strawberry Field
25	Rock Pigeon	80	Central Park--Strawberry Field
26	White-throated Sparrow	8	Central Park--Strawberry Field
27	Mourning Dove	5	Central Park--Strawberry Field
28	Peregrine Falcon	1	Central Park--The Ramble
29	White-breasted Nuthatch	2	Central Park--The Ramble
30	Red-bellied Woodpecker	1	Central Park--The Ramble
31	Northern Cardinal	1	Central Park--The Ramble
32	House Finch	5	Central Park--The Ramble
33	Black-capped Chickadee	3	Central Park--The Ramble
34	American Goldfinch	3	Central Park--The Ramble
35	Dark-eyed Junco	1	Central Park--The Ramble
36	Brown Creeper	1	Central Park--The Ramble