Very birdy day at NYBG! Lots of sparrows but none of them were target birds. Song sparrows were more than abundant with 50+ spotted throughout the garden. One field sparrow at Twin Lakes along with 4 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS and a BROWN CREEPER were the highlights of the day.
Rusty blackbirds-4 Red winged blackbird-1 House finch-5 Brown creeper-1 Field sparrow-1 Fox-1 Chipping-2 Swamp-5 Song- 50+ House-3 White throated-8 Raven-2 American goldfinch-1 Red tailed hawk-2 Cooper's hawk-1 Mockingbird-1 Yellow rumped warbler-1 American robin-27 Bluejay-2 Cardinal-1 Tufted titmouse-4 White breasted nuthatch-1 Eastern towhee-1 Hermit thrush-16 Belted kingfisher-1 Great blue heron-1 Wood duck-6 Mallard-6 Eastern Phoebe-1 Mourning dove-4 Golden crowned kinglet-1 Ruby crowned kinglet-3 Downy woodpecker -4 Red bellied woodpecker -2 Dark eyed junco-1 Northern flicker-1 Chickadee-1 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/ --