I birded Croton Point Park with my friend on the 8'th. We had some great tastes of early migration. Over the marsh we saw ~25 Tree swallows which was a bit unexpected. Blackbird numbers were also rising, and we saw hundreds of Red wing blackbirds, Grackles, and Cowbirds. on the edge of the landfill we also saw an early (or possibly over wintering) Chipping Sparrow in spring plumage. other sparrows included 2 Fox Sparrows, Swamp Sparrows, Tree Sparrows and Song Sparrows, . There were also 9 Green Winged Teal in the mud in one of the puddles close to the beach. Bluebirds were also still around. a Bald Eagle flew right over our head above the model airplane runway. There were also a couple of Killdeer on the landfill. as the sun went down, we heard an Eastern Screech Owl near the baseball field. Ring Billed Gull numbers are also high at the train station. -Happy Spring Migration!!! Lewis Lolya --
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