Saturday, 26 May, 2012 - The Bronx, N.Y. City I birded through portions of the larger parks in both the east and west sides of Bronx County today, finding a total of 99 species, which was incidental to seeking smaller winged-things (butterflies) on this warm and humid day in the city. Highlights (at least for me) were:
Common Loon (Pelham Bay) Little Blue Heron (Pelham Bay) Wood Duck (female with ducklings) Bufflehead (female off Pelham, very late) Clapper Rail (pair) Black-bellied Plover (1) Semipalmated Plover (6) Killdeer (family group) Greater Yellowlegs (2) Spotted Sandpiper (several) Semipalmated Sandpiper (few) American Woodcock (may still breed in Bx) Laughing Gull (2, off Pelham) Forster's Tern (rare off Pelham Bay Park) Monk Parakeet (colony continues at PBP) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (breeds) Common Nighthawk (one, early evening) Chimney Swift (multiple) Ruby-throated Hummingbird (1) Eastern Wood-Pewee (breeds) Acadian Flycatcher (heard, Van Cortlandt) Willow Flycatcher (breeds) Eastern Phoebe (breeds) Great Crested Flycatcher (breeds) Eastern Kingbird (breeds) White-eyed Vireo (potential Bronx breeder) Warbling Vireo (breeds) Red-eyed Vireo (breeds) Common Raven (3 by Co-Op City roadway) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (has bred in Bronx) Veery (possibly a scarce breeder in Bronx) Swainson's Thrush (late migrant) Wood Thrush (breeds) Northern Parula (likely migrant) Yellow Warbler (breeds) Black-throated Blue Warbler (migrants) Blackpoll Warbler (very typical migrants) American Redstart (potential Bx breeder) Northern Waterthrush (late migrant) Common Yellowthroat (breeds) Canada Warbler (typically late migrant) Scarlet Tanager (regular in summer in Bx) Eastern Towhee (breeds) Chipping Sparrow (breeds) Swamp Sparrow (possible breeder, or late) Rose-breasted Grosbeak (breeds) Indigo Bunting (breeds) Orchard Oriole (breeds) Baltimore Oriole (breeds) Good birding, Tom Fiore, Manhattan -- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
