Since I saw a higher number of species than I thought I would in January, then it will be lower for February. I'm hoping to get 3-8 species this month. Most species on here are the ones I missed in January, minus the woodcock.
Possible
Red-Breasted Merganser (East River or Reservoir)*
Great Blue Heron (Rare winterer/flyover)
Sharp-Shinned Hawk (Uncommon winterer)
Red-Shouldered Hawk (Rare winterer/flyover)
American Woodcock (With the warm winter, could an early migrant show up?)
Merlin (Rare winterer)
Other owls (They can show up mid-winter)
Red-Breasted Nuthatch (Rare winterer)*
Carolina Wren (Uncommon winterer)
Gray Catbird (Uncommon winterer)
Brown Thrasher (Rare winterer)*
American Tree Sparrow (Rare winterer)*
Swamp Sparrow (Uncommon winterer)
Red-Winged Blackbird (Uncommon winterer)
Pine Siskin (Uncommon winterer)
Longshots
Mute Swan (Could a wanderer appear?)
American Wigeon (Semi-annual wanderer)
Northern Pintail (Can turn up in winter)
Green-Winged Teal (Occasional winterer)
Greater and Lesser Scaup (Can turn up in winter)
Common Loon (Reservoir)
Turkey Vulture (Lingering flyover?)
Bald Eagle (Flyover)
Iceland Gull (Annual in county)
Common Raven (Sightings increasing year-round)
Winter Wren (Rare winterer)
Chipping Sparrow (Very rare in winter)*
Common Redpoll (Another irruption may happen)
Unexpected!
Cackling Goose? (One at Reservoir?)
Canvasback (flock in Hudson River in N. Manhattan)
Greater Scaup (with the Canvasback flock)
Red-Necked Grebe (Hudson River in Midtown)
Lapland Longspur (Randall's Island)
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