A WILSON's SNIPE, in the swale, highlighted my Saturday morning bird walk. The Pied billed grebe continues on Twin Lake. If you go have patience as the bird dives for long periods of time and favors the middle of the lake. The call of a RED SHOULDERED HAWK was heard from the area of the forest adjacent to the swale. The RUSTY BLACKBIRDS are now mixing with flocks of grackles. We saw 8 Rusty blackbirds rummaging through the shallow waters of the swale turning over leaves looking for food.
Also observed: Red winged blackbird-4 Grackle - many Swamp sparrow-1 Song sparrow-2 White throated sparrow-9 Cardinal-2 Blue jay-17 Red tailed hawk-2 Wood duck-3 Black duck-2 Mallard-8 Great blue heron-1 Red bellied woodpecker -2 Downy woodpecker-1 Yellow bellied sapsucker -1 American Robin-many American Goldfinch-4 Mourning Dove-6 Wild turkey-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/ --
