I went to Fort Totten in northeastern Queens NYC for the first time since winter. A lot has changed. In the northeastern section of the park around the old Fort Totten fortifications the grounds have been re-landscaped. Now there are fenced off sections where saplings, shrubs and other plants grow. This has made the park more much bird-friendly than the houses and lawns that used to be there.
This morning the park was packed full of birds and with more sparrows and kinglets than I've ever seen in one spot. Nothing was rare, but the sheer volume of birds was impressive. 53 species Brant 19 Canada Goose 29 Mute Swan 1 Gadwall 4 American Wigeon 3 American Black Duck 2 Mallard 17 Green-winged Teal 2 Double-crested Cormorant 13 Cooper's Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Ring-billed Gull 2 Herring Gull 6 Great Black-backed Gull 3 Rock Pigeon 6 Mourning Dove 4 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 Northern Flicker 6 Eastern Phoebe 10 Blue Jay 10 Black-capped Chickadee 3 Tufted Titmouse 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Brown Creeper 2 Winter Wren 1 Carolina Wren 1 Golden-crowned Kinglet 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 8 Swainson's Thrush 1 Hermit Thrush 1 American Robin 10 Gray Catbird 4 Northern Mockingbird 7 European Starling 20 Cedar Waxwing 3 Palm Warbler 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler 10 Chipping Sparrow 1 Clay-colored Sparrow 1 Field Sparrow 2 Savannah Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 10 Swamp Sparrow 2 White-throated Sparrow 15 White-crowned Sparrow 2 Dark-eyed Junco 4 Common Grackle 6 House Finch 2 Pine Siskin 1 American Goldfinch 5 House Sparrow 8 -- 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/ --
