This afternoon at Kissena Park, east of the Velodrome in the wet meadow where few people go; I observed two American Tree Sparrows bathing at a puddle. In this field there is an unbroken trail that leads directly to the bridle path east of the velodrome. This is the path I took when I found one Sparrow chirping on a small thornapple tree and then flew down to a puddle to bathe, later joined by a second. They stayed together for as long as I could watch them before they disappeared into the thorny bushes.
Earlier in the morning at the Corridor I had a Blue-Headed Vireo. Lots of raptors today also. Kestrel, Sharp-Shinned and Red-tail, probably more but I lack the skill to ID from a far distance. http://www.flickr.com/photos/14667149@N00/8248164336/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/14667149@N00/8246670561/ -- 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/ --
