On an afternoon stroll yesterday along the High Line on the West Side of Manhattan (from 23-28 st in this case), I saw more birds than I expected. There's an art installation of bird shelters and feeders at 23rd st that several species were taking advantage of, including Mourning Doves, White-throated Sparrows, and a Common Yellowthroat that presumably didn't care about the feeders but enjoyed the company.
Further north a murmuration of Starlings alerted me to the presence of a predator: a Cooper's Hawk, which took an unsuccessful pass at them. A feisty, tiny falcon in turn started to harass the hawk. It was most likely an American Kestrel, but might have been a Merlin (I was uncharacteristically without my binoculars). Good birding, Gabriel Willow NYC Audubon -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
