I was optimistic that predicted overnight south winds would bring a spring fallout to Brooklyn, so spent from 6:30am to around 9am in Prospect Park. The fallout never materialized. Plus, yesterday's birds either departed, expired or had more sense than me and stayed out of the rain. There was a short burst of yellow-rump activity on the Peninsula at around 7:30am, but that was about it. I checked the actually wind history when I returned home and found that the South wind had been very brief, then, through the course of the evening, switched from SE to ESE. By dawn the wind was coming from the East. I'm guessing that there was a similar lack of birds in other NYC parks.
Better birding next time, Rob The City Birder Weblog http://citybirder.blogspot.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
