Spring is finally here! There were 36 birders on the Saturday morning bird walk.
Highlights include: American Kestrel, Merlin, Black Vultures, Ring Necked ducks. Also observed: Brown Creeper-1 Eastern Phoebe-4 Ruby crowned Kinglet-1 Cormorant-1 Canada Goose-flock Wood Duck-6 American Coot-1 Mallard-4 Northern Mockingbird-2 Northern Cardinal-1 Tufted Titmouse-1 Chickadee-4 White breasted nuthatch-5 Song Sparrow-2 House Sparrow-6 Red bellied woodpecker -4 Downy woodpecker -1 Yellow bellied sapsucker-2 Winter wren - singing Turkey Vulture-1 Red tailed hawk-3 Red winged Blackbird-2 Grackle-6 Blue Jay-3 American Robin-15+ Mourning Dove-1 Mourning Cloak -2 Snapping Turtle-1 Red eared sliders-22 Muskrat-1 Two birders observed the beaver during the week. 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/ --
