January Overview

This January, I got 46 species, with highlights being Pine Siskin, Common Redpoll, Ring-Necked Duck, Chipping Sparrow, and Red-Breasted Nuthatch. I got 9 species for the month after I made my target list. The Common Redpoll wasn't originally on the list, so it was good to have a suprise. I did not expect to find the Pine Siskin or Red-Breasted Nuthatch, planning to knock those birds of in the fall. Here is what I got on the target list. Orange highlights mean they were seen in February.

Top birds of the month: Ring-Necked Duck, Pine Siskin, Common Redpoll, Chipping Sparrow, Red-Breasted Nuthatch


Probable
Wood Duck (They are around)*
Herring Gull (may have been seen already)*
Brown Creeper (normal winterer)*
Carolina Wren (a few winter in the Ramble)*
House Finch (almost always at the feeders)*

Possible
Common Merganser (a few each year)
Red-Breasted Merganser (annual)
Common Loon (annual)
Pied-Billed Grebe (sometimes on the Reservoir)*
Double-Crested Cormorant (small numbers of wintering birds in the city)*
Great Blue Heron (occasional winterer. Got it last year in this month)
Sharp-Shinned Hawk (some winter)*
American Kestrel (many resident)*
Peregrine Falcon (some resident)*
Any kind of owl (annual)
Red-Breasted Nuthatch (a few reports)
Winter Wren (scarce winterer)*
Kinglets (scarce winterers. Ruby-Crowned more likely)*
Gray Catbird (scarce winterer)*
Northern Mockingbird (some winter)*
Brown Thrasher (scarce winterer)*
Cedar Waxwing (a flock can wander into the area)*
Eastern Towhee (scarce winterer)*
American Tree Sparrow (annual)
Chipping Sparrow (One lingering at the feeders)*
Swamp Sparrow (some winter)*
Red-Winged Blackbird (some winter)*
Brown Headed Cowbird (scarce winterer)*
Rusty Blackbird (one may wander from Queens)
Pine Siskin (a few wintering)

Longshots
Northern Pintail (annual)
Bald Eagle (a few reports)*
Red-Shouldered Hawk (a few winter around the city)
Merlin (some wander into the park)
Iceland Gull (wintered at the park for the past few years. Will it show again?)
Eurasian Collared Dove (Chelsea Waterside Park)
Red-Headed Woodpecker (Can appear in winter)
Eastern Phoebe (occasional winterer)*
Couch's Kingbird (West Village)
Common Raven (flyovers have been reported)
Yellow-Rumped Warbler (one might wander)*
Yellow Breasted Chat (a few winter records)
White-Crowned Sparrow (sometimes seen in winter)*
Baltimore Oriole (seen in some years, including last year)*
Purple Finch (one may have lingered)*

Suprise!
Common Redpoll (bird seen at the feeders 1-24)