There were 25 bird watchers on the Saturday morning bird walk. We had a very productive day and watched some interesting bird behavior. Highlights include: GREY CATBIRD, Great Horned Owls, Hooded Mergansers and Winter Wren.
Red tailed hawks- 4 We observed an immature hawk make a kill, by the Bronx River, swooping low over the Mallards -causing quite a flurry- but his ultimate goal was a pigeon, which he caught and ate while we watched. Cooper's Hawk-1 Sharp Shinned Hawk-1 Great Horned Owls-2 Our GHOs are still courting and we are hopeful they will have a successful nest this year. House Finch- 16 Fox Sparrow-4 Four Fox Sparrows traveling together from brush to shrub then tree. Not a common sight at the garden. White throated sparrow-5 House sparrow-1 American Goldfinch-2 Winter Wren-1 American Crow-2 American Robin-75+ The Robins were out of the trees and on the Conservatory lawn looking for worms. Grey Catbird-1 Tufted Titmouse-8 Chickadee-15+ Downy woodpecker-2 Red bellied woodpecker-2 Northern Mockingbird-2 Northern Cardinal-4 Mourning Dove-2 Dark eyed Junco-12 White breasted Nuthatch-1 Blue Jay-8 Mallards-25+ Hooded Mergansers-2 Good Birding, Debbie Becker BirdingAroundNYC.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/ --
