Apartment Year List Through April 7, 2025: ADDENDUM 04/08/2025

Back in January with some severe cold weather predicted I expected we were going to have a good variety of waterfowl in Inwood Hill Park. I was not disappointed. Since January 1st, sixteen species of waterfowl have been reported in the park. I have seen fourteen species from my apartment (see list below). The only other species I have heard of were Northern Pintail on the main inlet and Long-tailed Duck on the Hudson. The variety of waterfowl inspired me to work on an apartment year list. My all time apartment list is 126 species (Here). As of April 7 my apartment 2025 year list is 61 species (below). I cannot take sole credit for the list. I have benefited from other local Inwood birders finding and reporting species which alerted me to their presence and I was then able to see them from my apartment. I particularly want to acknowledge Allen and Karina Greene, Danny Karlson, Hilary Russ, Diane Schenker, and Elizabeth White-Pultz.

ADDENDUM: On the morning of 04/08 I added Merlin. Apartment year list is now 62.

It is going to be interesting to see how high I can get the list over the course of the year.

Canada Goose

Mute Swan

Wood Duck

Gadwall

American Wigeon

Mallard

American Black Duck

Canvasback

Lesser Scaup

Bufflehead

Common Goldeneye

Hooded Merganser

Common Merganser

Red-breasted Merganser

Rock Pigeon

Mourning Dove

Greater Yellowlegs

Ring-billed Gull

American Herring Gull

Great Black-backed Gull

Pied-billed Grebe

Horned Grebe

Double-crested Cormorant

Black-crowned Night Heron

Great Egret

Great Blue Heron

Turkey Vulture

Osprey

Cooper's Hawk

Bald Eagle

Red-tailed Hawk

Belted Kingfisher

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

American Kestrel Merlin

Peregrine Falcon

Eastern Phoebe

Blue Jay

American Crow

Fish Crow

Common Raven

Black-capped Chickadee

Tufted Titmouse

Carolina Wren

European Starling

Northern Mockingbird

American Robin

Cedar Waxwing

House Sparrow

House Finch

American Goldfinch

American Tree Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

White-throated Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Swamp Sparrow

Red-winged Blackbird

Brown-headed Cowbird

Common Grackle

Northern Cardinal