On May 24th Bobbi Manian spotted a Ruby-throated Hummingbird nest in Prospect Park while on Tom Stephenson's walk. I only found out about it recently and went to check it out this morning with Bobbi. There were two rather large nestlings squeezed into the lichen-covered nest. At around 10:40am we watched the adult female return to the nest and briefly feed the two. Her offspring are large enough that I would think they'd be fledging very soon. From what I've been able to glean from available literature it is extremely rare for hummingbirds to breed within NYC's 5 boroughs. To my knowledge this is the first time that they've been documented successfully breeding in Prospect Park (or anywhere in Brooklyn). I'm curious if anyone on the list is aware of other breeding records in New York City.
I'll be posting a couple of videos on my blog shortly. Good birding, Rob The City Birder weblog http://citybirder.blogspot.com -- 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/ --
