Hempstead Lake SP 10 Nov. Out early to try for gas. At 7:30 AM the line appeared to be 2 hrs. So, went over to Hempstead as the web site said field 3 was open. There are trees down everywhere and large branches snapped off and littering the ground. Much of the area is roped off. The aftermath looks more like a tornado than a hurricane with trees down in all directions rather in one line. It's a mess.
Birding was slow. Dozens of Robins are everywhere. Of interest, AMERICAN WIGEON, 6 on South Pond; YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER; HAIRY and DOWNY WOODPECKER; RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER; GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET, 2: HERMIT THRUSH, several; YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER; FOX SPARROW, 2; a single imm or female PURPLE FINCH feeding with White-throated Sparrows Sy Schiff. -- 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/ --
