The
evergreens I mentioned yesterday are
hemlocks. The Painted Bunting was feeding on
the ground below these hemlocks until about
9:15, when it made it ways up to the top of
the hemlocks and then flew off in a
west-southwesterly direction across the
soccer field. Where it landed could not be
determined.
Steve
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
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Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2012 6:05
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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:
40.743120,
-73.739594
It is not an adult male.
-Doug
Gochfeld, Brooklyn, NY.
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