There were 37 birders on the Saturday morning bird walk as NYBG celebrates Forest Weekend - this weekend and next. One of our target birds, a VESPER SPARROW, was observed by Greg Prelich before the walk began. Other highlights include late Black throated blue, and Blue headed Vireo.
VESPER SPARROW-1 Blue headed vireo-1 Field -2 Chipping-2 White throated-6 White crowned-1 Song-5 Swamp-2 Dark eyed Junco-7 American Goldfinch-5 Brown Creeper-1 House Finch-1 Black throated blue-1 Yellow rumped-1 Rusty blackbird-3 Cedar waxwings- 35+ (Mature and immature) Cardinal-2 Bluejay-8 Tufted titmouse-2 Red bellied woodpecker -4 Yellow bellied sapsucker -1 Hairy woodpecker -1 Hermit thrush-7 Swainson's thrush-1 Eastern Phoebe-6 Red tailed hawk-2 Ruby crowned kinglet-2 Golden crowned kinglet-1 Wood duck-3 Mallard-6 Black duck-1 Great blue heron-1 Belted Kingfisher-1 American Robin-12 Catbird-1 Winter wren-1 Mockingbird-2 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/ --
