Coming to the park on this cold grey morning was well-rewarded. I was greeted by a Carolina Wren in the logs and branch litter stacked up across from the bathrooms at Maintenance; then, after a detour to Evodia, where a young Red-Tailed Hawk moped in a tree while 6-8 Pine Siskins shared the feeders with about 20 goldfinches, a couple of chickadees, and innumerable Titmousen, I made my way to Belvedere at about 10:15, where I had an brief view of a male White-Winged Crossbill in the hemlocks at the northeast corner of the Shakespeare Garden area. I went down from Belvedre, and found the Crossbill again, low in the branches of the more westerly of the two hemlocks. Other birders present said there was a female as well, which I eventually caught a glimpse of when the flew out of the hemlocks onto a bare branch of a deciduous tree briefly.
The location information is probably not that useful, since when I left the park at 10:45 they were getting ready to close the park in advance of the nor'easter; but maybe they'll be back tomorrow. Good birding, Ed Gaillard 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/ --
