The Yellow-breasted Chat continued today in the same spot, with close to the same routine.
>From the sounds of it, the Western Tanager covered a lot of ground today. Ultimately, it ended up in the same tree with the Chat, at one point the two birds being about three feet apart. A catbird was also in the tree at that point. A repeat performance of that on the coming Sunday would sure make things easier for the CBC team covering the site. The tanager spent considerable time in this area, with long durations in sight than the Chat. At one point, it fed on the ground among sparrows. It also went down to the pond, where there's an outflow, to drink or bath. Quite a performer this bird is. The Wilson's Warbler was back where it had been Thursday - along the edge of the big lawn. This seems to be its preferred area, but sledding activity on the snow covered hill might have deterred it yesterday. Additional updates for CBC interests: Eric saw the Lesser Yellowlegs on Alley Pond, and Pine Warblers continue there. SW From: Steve Walter [mailto:swalte...@verizon.net] Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2017 8:31 PM To: nysbird...@list.cornell.edu Subject: Queens Chat, Tanager Current Locations Still Crocheron Park, but the specific spots have changed a bit. The Yellow-breasted Chat was being seen today by the southeast corner of the pond, but not at the water's edge. In that area, there is a series of benches, divided into three groups. About even with the middle group, there is a roundish, scraggly tree (about 40 feet tall) with berries. This on the side of the path toward the parkway. The chat was feeding on the berries periodically, then dropping down behind bushes to the right (where mostly not visible). The Western Tanager was being seen about mid-way along the pond, on the north side of the road. It ranged from up on the hill down to the edge, where it provided killer looks and photo ops. At one point, it flew to the pond's edge, probably to get a drink. I'll give the Wilson's Warbler the rarity treatment too, as I noted that a number of people needed it for their year list or had never photographed one (not that that's going to come easy). It made two passes (that I know of) through the area that the tanager frequented. Steve Walter From: Steve Walter [mailto:swalte...@verizon.net] Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2017 4:00 PM To: nysbird...@list.cornell.edu <mailto:nysbird...@list.cornell.edu> Subject: Western Tanager in Queens Eric Miller again found Western Tanager this afternoon. I don't know whether to refer to it as the Western Tanager or a Western Tanager. The location is about a mile and a half drive from Alley Pond Environmental Center, or whatever that comes out to as the tanager might fly. The site is Crocheron Park in Bayside (also shown on Google Maps as John Golden Park). The specific location was on the back (south) side of Crocheron Pond (also called Golden Pond). >From the Cross Island Parkway, go west on Northern Blvd. to 221st Street (second light after the parkway). Turn right and continue northward until the end of 221st , then make a left onto Corbett Road. When you hit 35th Avenue, make a sharp right and go down the hill to the pond. Parking here is ample. Hopefully, this will be a more reliable situation than the one in Alley - especially as we're heading toward CBC time. Steve Walter Bayside, NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
