Highlights from my Saturday morning bird walk, at NYBG, include a growing flock of 18 + RUSTY BLACKBIRDS in the wetlands area behind the Children's Garden; 8-RED WINGED BLACKBIRDS and 2 GOLDEN CROWNED KINGLETS.
Cedar waxwing (heard) American Crow (heard) Red tailed hawks-courting display-3 Cooper's hawk-1 Red bellied woodpecker -4 Yellow bellied sapsucker -1 Hairy woodpecker -1 Downy woodpecker -3 Brown creeper -2 American Robin- 250+ Hooded merganser-3 Wood duck-4 Mallard-8 White throated sparrow-many Song sparrow-2 Chickadee-5 Tufted titmouse-3 Junco-many Mockingbird-1 Mourning dove-2 American goldfinch-17 Eastern Towhee-1 Cardinal-1 Blue jay-6 White breasted nuthatch-3 House sparrow-12 Grackle-3 A special thank you to Ryan, who came on my bird walk today. Ryan is 10 years old and has over 700 birds on his life list! 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/ --
