I was one of the birders who saw the bird at this spot (email below) around 12:30. It was my second attempt in two days. For those new to this park, this is along a trail that loops around a glacial "kettle". If you zoom in to the area on Google maps, the trail is called "Brooklyn Queens Greenway". This particular overlook is about where the word "way" is. There are two brown iron posts on either side of the trail. Our view was to the northeast. There is a marvelous abundance of easy free parking near here. Today I parked on 73rd near the intersection with the road also called "Brooklyn Queens Greenway". Yesterday I found lots of easy parking near the east end of 76th. Bob LewisSleepy Hollow NY
--- On Mon, 11/12/12, Steve Walter <[email protected]> wrote: From: Steve Walter <[email protected]> Subject: RE: [nysbirds-l] Virginia's Warbler Locations To: "'Steve Walter'" <[email protected]>, [email protected] Date: Monday, November 12, 2012, 1:30 PM The Virginia’s Warbler was seen twice between 11:30 and 12:30 at the location where it was seen at 1:45 yesterday. This is on the trail on the south side of the gully, at a high point with good visibility into the gully. There is a new twist – an Orange-crowned Warbler – that may throw birders off. At one point, I watched the Virginia’s chase the Orange-crowned, but the two warblers may form an association. I last saw both fly toward the south side of the south trail – a development that may unfortunately expand what appeared to be a narrowing search scope. Steve Walter From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve Walter Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2012 4:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [nysbirds-l] Virginia's Warbler Locations I updated the map http://www.stevewalternature.com/downloads/Alley_Map.jpg to show the approximate locations of the Virginia’s Warbler sightings so far. I also gathered up the previous site info below. On the map, X marks the spot of its discovery Oct 31. The other spots are noted by the November dates of the sightings. To access today’s location, there is an entrance to the park from the street at 73rd Avenue and Cloverdale Blvd. (which would be 227th St., but doesn’t say either on this map). The bird ranged a bit with sightings about even with 228 to 229 Streets, both from the trail on the north side and the trail on the south side (noted on the map as Brooklyn-Queens Greenway). As I’ve said before, this is a tough bird to find. People had been searching for about six hours today before it was found. The sightings then tend to be brief, with the bird typically descending into brush. So if that’s not bad enough, its expanding range makes it an even greater challenge. November 9This is an area not far from the challenge course. I first heard a soft chip note on the trail heading north towards the shipping containers and then found the bird. Note, the trail I am referring to has a weather station apparatus attached to a tree. November 5Enter the park at 76th Avenue and Cloverdale Blvd., this time going left. Wind around the stone wall on the left to a spot just past a stack of smaller tree limbs. Of course, by tomorrow it could be somewhere else. It’s worth a look in the plantings along Cloverdale Blvd. (where you enter the park), as they did attract a Parula later on. October 31Alley (Pond) Park is in northeastern Queens (NYC). It lies between the Cross Island Parkway, Grand Central Parkway, Clearview Expressway, and Long Island Expressway, if you plan a route here. Whichever highway you take, you’ll want to get to Springfield Blvd. The specific location is in the southwestern part of the park. The closest street access is off Cloverdale Blvd., near 77th Avenue. Some might recall the Yellow-throated Warbler this spring at Cloverdale and 76th Avenue (which could be seen from the street). For this bird, you’ll have to enter the park. There is an unofficial dirt trail near 77th. There is another unofficial dirt trail on the far side of a paved trail that roughly parallels Cloverdale. It is from various points on the interior dirt trail that Eric saw the bird. There is a deep gully here. Acadian Flycatchers nested at the south end of this gully in 2000. Eric was seeing the Virginia’s more toward the north end of the gully. Steve WalterBayside, NY --NYSbirds-L List Info:Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and LeaveArchives:The Mail ArchiveSurfbirdsBirdingOnThe.NetPlease submit your observations to eBird!-- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- 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/ --
