Hempstead Lake SP & Alley Pond Park 26 April The usual extended birding group gathered at Hempstead this morning. This is by far the best central Nassau Co birding local, so it draws the birders. A BLUE-WINGED WARBLER was new as was a WARBLING VIREO (only seen before most arrived). Otherwise, mostly more of the same as per the last few days.
Activity slowed, so Joe Giunta and I went over to Alley. Birding in the Queens parks is always earlier than on the island. Today was no different. A fair number of woodland species have arrived. We came after Jeff Ritter who posted earlier. (We did not see him). Our list was slightly different with misses and adds. Except for the owl, most are FOY. Of note: GREEN HERON, the continuing GREAT HORNED OWL chick, WARBLING VIREO, EASTERN KINGBIRD, 12 warblers including WORM-EATING WARBLER, OVENBIRD and 2 LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH, SCARLET TANAGER, BALTIMORE ORIOLE and RUSTY BLACKBIRD. Sy Schiff -- 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/ --
