I was out this afternoon hoping to spot a Phoebe, but looks like Brooklyn got to it first (Spring oficially begins?) I found one female common merganser amongst the mallards, shovelers, canada geese, and ring-billed gulls. Also a few female hooded mergansers.
On the topic of signs of Spring, I also noticed some Red Maples were in full bloom, not just unopened buds and on my failed attempt on Sat to find the Varied Thrush I came across a patch of flowering Winter Aconite. I have also noticed some Moths flying around in Alley Pond Park around sunset. ________________________________ From: "prosb...@aol.com" <prosb...@aol.com> To: NYSbirds-L@cornell.edu; ebirds...@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 9:44 PM Subject: [nysbirds-l] Prospect Park ( Kings), VARIED THRUSH returns 3/13 Rafael Campos found the VARIED THRUSH at the Ambergill Pool, in the Ravine. Later, about 30 minutes, I ventured over there and found the celebre thrush on a dead log next to a boulder hidden by fallen dead tree brush, along the back shore of the Ambergill Pool. This is the pool where birders watch from the Esdale Bridge birds bathing in the creek that empties into the pool, just east from the Picnic House. However in later afternoon, it was not relocated. Again , my guess is that this bird explores the whole ridge, going up slope and out of sight, maybe in its strange environment , its skulking more.... Other good birds to report are 5 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS and our first EASTERN PHOEBE for Prospect. see my blog for details www.prospectsightings.blogspot.com and the google map. Peter BBC -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- 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/ --
