While bushwhacking off trail near an area with Cattails at Meadow Lake in Flushing Queens, I found an *Orange-crowned Warbler*, that gave brief looks before skedaddling into the surrounding brush. The area, if I looked across the Grand Central Parkway a little South West, I could see exit *13 S *. In the same area, an *American Tree Sparrow* was in a mixed flock of sparrows that included Swamp and White-throated.
About 200 yards north of the location I picked up Crossbills calling behind me and I managed to glass them as they caught up and passed me at eye level heading north. The flock consisted of 5 *White-winged* and 2 *Red Crossbills *. They continued on north and I tracked them until I losing the bunch as they headed towards a building with the name, "Terrace on the Park". The only other worthwhile mention from Meadow Lake, would be the number of Song Sparrows; I counted 23 as I worked the edges around the entire lake and some areas off trail. Andrew Baksh! Good Birding! Queens, NY www.birdingdude.blogspot.com -- 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/ --
