There were 26 people on my tour of NYBG and we saw the following birds: Warblers: Palm-1 Blue headed vireo-1 Blackpoll-1 American redstart-1 Yellow rumped -many Black throated blue-1 Sparrows: Field-4 Song-9 Swamp-5 White throated-3 Chipping-many Eastern towhee-1 American goldfinch-2 Great blue heron-1 Belted kingfisher-1 Wood duck-6 Mallard-8 Mockingbird-4 Cardinal-2 Bluejay-3 Winter wren-1 White breasted nuthatch-1 Hermit thrush-2 Downy woodpecker-1 Red bellied woodpecker-3 Chickadee -1 American Robin-many Eastern Phoebe-2 Ruby crowned kinglets-many Dark eyed junco-3 Osprey- fishing Twin Lakes! Red tailed hawk-4
Interestingly, as my birding tour meandered around the back of the lake we were walking and talking when a red tailed hawk plummeted to the ground -right in between us - grabbing a chipmunk in his talon and flying off. It was a mere 12 inches from us and we could hear the thud as it hit the ground. An amazing sight and sound! Good Fall 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/ --
