I know this isn't anywhere near NY, but on the previous two evenings I was watching the Yankee/Royals games on tv which was in Kansas City and the camera focused periodically on a Western Kingbird on a wire near the 1st. base line. Of course Ken Singleton and David Cone started joking about it and wondering what kind of bird it was. I wish I could've contacted them to tell them the right id. The previous night Ken jokingly said it was a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. They agreed it wasn't. I give David a lot of credit because last night he did figure out it was either an American Goldfinch, Western Kingbird, or Yellow-breasted Chat. At least he got it right, but just didn't know which was the correct one:-) It was kind of interesting too that being on the very eastern limit of its range in the area that would be the bird to show up:-) If you look at a map of the range the eastern border angles right into northeastern Kansas right where they were. Andrew Andrew v. F. Block Consulting Naturalist 20 Hancock Avenue, Apt. 3 Yonkers, Westchester Co., New York 10705-4629 Phone: 914-963-3080; Cell: 914-319-9701 www.flickr.com/photos/conuropsis/albums --
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