I updated the map at http://www.stevewalternature.com/downloads/Alley_Map.jpg
N = the so called Nutmeg Meadow, where most of the recent Virginia's Warbler sightings have been (although apparently none the last two days). The 76th Avenue lot provides the closest parking. Also worth noting is that there is a dirt trail that goes through the woods to near the overlook marked as "12". PB = the Painted Bunting area. See the map and info provided below for more information. P = the so called Upper Winchester parking lot. This is the closest parking to PB, but it's not that far from the Virginia's area, if you go through there first. The paved trail that I show ending at the "9" does indeed continue. You can follow it through the woods and come down at the edge of the ball fields and PB, or you can cut across the ball fields. Access to this parking lot is from Winchester Blvd., on the eastern border of the park. It's not well depicted on the map , as it is underneath the Grand Central Parkway, but there is a roadway from Winchester Blvd. This begins just south of a Sanitation Dept. facility (a left turn if coming from Union Turnpike). Please folks, some good etiquette with this bird. Let's not trick it into thinking others of its kind are around. Let's not fool birders into thinking that it's calling nearby or singing. The latter might actually be a "shame on me" thing if I thought that. I've been around a lot of Painted Buntings in fall and winter and best as I can remember, they don't sing. And I'm inclined to call this one an immature female from the pictures I've seen so far. If I can go by one immature male that I photographed at this time last year, hints of adult color would already be showing. As Painted Buntings come to feeders, putting out seed for it might be worthy of discussion. At least this form of trickery benefits the bird. Steve Walter Bayside, NY From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2012 6:05 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County... The Painted Bunting was seen again from about 4:10 PM until after 4:40 PM (after sunset), in almost the same place where Eric Miller had last seen it. After 10 or so minutes of it being difficult to see in the thick ground-level vegetation, it came into slightly better view and then was seen just about constantly (though almost never the entire bird) until it flew off a bit to the west (didn't look like it went far, but it was too dark to see where it sent). The approximate location where it was (not moving from a ~1 foot diameter circle the whole time we watched it) is where the green arrow is on this map: https://maps.google.com/maps?q=40.743120,+-73.739594 <https://maps.google.com/maps?q=40.743120,+-73.739594&hl=en&sll=40.743032,-7 3.739438&sspn=0.001103,0.002642&t=h&z=16> &hl=en&sll=40.743032,-73.739438&sspn=0.001103,0.002642&t=h&z=16 Approximate Coordinates: 40.743120, -73.739594 It is not an adult male. Good luck if you go -Doug Gochfeld, Brooklyn, NY. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]?> ] On Behalf Of Andrew Baksh Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2012 2:22 PM To: nysbirds-l Cc: Nyc ebirds Subject: [nysbirds-l] Painted Bunting @ Alley Pond Park Queens County... Erik Miller and I are looking at a female Painted Bunting at Alley Pond Park near the Upper Winchester Parking Lot. The bird is being seen along the asphalt path going north into the woods. The path is between the baseball field and the soccer field. First spotted by Eric who called me as I was on my way to Alley. We both obtained photographic documentation. Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device! 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