Joe Giunta's Brooklyn Botanical Garden birding class visited the West Pond , the South Garden and Big Johns Pond and trail. Birding was medium; vegetation is still dense and the birds slow to find. They did move slow enough for all to catch sight of and study.
All in all, a diverse group of species, starting with 9 species of duck including. BLUE-WINGED TEAL and 2 early GREATER SCAUP. Herons inc. LITTLE BLUE HERON, GREAT BLUE HERON, BLACK-BACKED NIGHT-HERON, and both EGRETS. Several GLOSSY IBIS flu over. (No chance to ID a white-face}. Raptors inc. NORTHERN HARRIER, OSPREY, MERLIN and the cruising PEREGRINE. We saw an early BROWN CREEPER in the South Garden and overall, 7 species of WARBLER. Sparrows inc. FIELD, SONG, SAVANNAH, SWAMP, WHITE-THROATED and WHITE-CROWNED. Also, PIED-BILLED GREBE, CEDAR WAXWINGS, INDIGO BUNTING and BOAT-TAILED GRACKLE. NO Pelican and only GREATER YELLOWLEGS from the Big Johns Pond path overlook of the East Pond. Total species-58; a good day. --Sy Schiff for the group. -- 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/ --
