On my way to Jefferson Market Garden in the West Village I passed through a triangle park formed by Greenwich Avenue, 8th Avenue & Horatio Street called Jackson Square. It's a very small park with Wifi and a 3 tiered fountain. At my feet a bird flashed by, heading into the shrubbery around the fountain, which had the look of a Lincoln's Sparrow. I waited around and got great looks at the Lincoln's Sparrow a few minutes later near the same spot around the fountain.
Lincoln's Sparrow was seen in both Bryant Park and Madison Square Park. I spent 90 minutes in Bryant Park and 90 minutes in Madison Square Park. The former is under heavy construction with food booths going up for the Fall/Winter season and preparations for the ice skating rink has disappeared the Great Lawn. I managed to get 16 species in Bryant Park and 18 species in Madison Square Park. The latter was overrun with people as they are having some sort of festival with vendors. The most active area was a closed off lawn with shrubbery just northwest of the oval in Madison Square Park. Here are the full lists at eBird.org: Bryant Park (16 spp.): http://bit.ly/Oxo2ig Madison Square Park (18 spp.): http://bit.ly/Oxo4H0 Jackson Square (4 spp.): http://bit.ly/Oxo0qP Jefferson Market Garden (11 spp.): http://bit.ly/Oxo5uv Total species: 22 Ben Cacace Manhattan, NYC -- 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/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
