This was the first walk of the season which will continue Saturdays until July 20. We had a slow beginning on a windy, chilly morning, but in the end we saw a few FOS, “first of season,” birds for most.
Green Heron Warbling Vireo Yellow Warbler House Wren Tree Swallow Gray Catbird Savannah Sparrow Osprey Chimney Swift Northern Rough-winged Swallow Baltimore Oriole Wood Duck Yellow-rumped Warbler (H) House Finch (H) Mute Swan Turkey Vulture White-breasted Nuthatch Red-tailed Hawk American Goldfinch Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Ring-billed Gull Mallard Double-crested Cormorant White-throated Sparrow House Sparrow Song Sparrow Mourning Dove Blue Jay European Starling Feral Pigeon Common Grackle Red-winged Blackbird Northern Cardinal American Robin Jack Rothman cityislandbirds.com -- 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/ --
