In addition to the birds listed by John Laver for today I spotted a group of 5 VESPER SPARROWS in the NW section of the park on the ball fields south of the Bronx Kill. For me the best bird of the day was a single EASTERN MEADOWLARK south of ballfield #42 in the northeast section of the park.
The total for the 2 lists is 46 species. Here's a combined list: Brant Canada Goose Mute Swan ** Gadwall American Black Duck ** Mallard ** Bufflehead Double-crested Cormorant Black-crowned Night-Heron ** Cooper's Hawk ** Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel Laughing Gull ** Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Great Black-backed Gull ** Rock Pigeon ** Mourning Dove ** Belted Kingfisher Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker ** Northern Flicker ** Blue Jay American Crow Black-capped Chickadee Tufted Titmouse ** Winter Wren Hermit Thrush American Robin Northern Mockingbird European Starling ** Yellow-rumped Warbler Chipping Sparrow ** Vesper Sparrow ** Savannah Sparrow Nelson's Sparrow Fox Sparrow Song Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Red-winged Blackbird Eastern Meadowlark House Finch American Goldfinch House Sparrow ** -- 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/ --
