There were 23 people on the Saturday morning bird walk at NYBG and birds everywhere. Highlights include a PURPLE FINCH and the invasion of red breasted nuthatches.
Pine warbler - 2 Palm warbler - 3 Yellow rumped warbler - 10+ Black throated blue warbler - 1 Orange crowned kinglet - 10+ Ruby crowned kinglet - 1 Red breasted nuthatch - 10+ White breasted nuthatch - 3 Chickadee - 2 Tufted titmouse - 5 Grackle - 1 Blue jay - 4 Cardinal - 2 Canada geese - 15 Northern Mockingbird - 1 Northern Flicker - 6 Red bellied woodpecker - 1 Hairy woodpecker - 1 Downy woodpecker - 1 Yellow bellied sapsucker - 3 American Goldfinch - 2 American Robin - many Gray Catbird - 2 Song Sparrow - 9 White throated sparrow - many House sparrow - many Swamp sparrow - 1 Clay colored sparrow - 1 Chipping sparrow - 1 Field sparrow - 1 Eastern Towhee-1 Cedar waxwings - 17 Purple finch - 1 House finch - 2 Broad winged hawk - 1 Red tailed hawk - 3 Coopers hawk - 1 Sharp shinned hawk - 2 Osprey - 1 Mourning Dove - 2 Eastern Phoebe-2 Eastern Wood Peewee-2 Junco - 10+ Good birding, Debbie Becker BirdingAroundNYC.com -- 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/ --