A follow up on today's birds, particularly the VARIED THRUSH.
The Ambergill Pool, in Prospect Park's wooded Ravine section, continues to be the most reliable spot for this extralimital thrush despite seen early morning on the original spot Nethermead Bridge back slope ( 930 am). A group of birders at Ambergill Pool were already looking when I arrived, the bird seen resting on a fallen log by the back shore. It appears it loylly prefers this location after noontime into the afternoon. Patience is a virtue. See Keir Randalls description 325 pm sighting to Ebirds > Varied Thrush 1 Continues in the Ambergill, in the leaf litter on south side > of stream, 50ft or so back. Watched from around 3.25 to 4pm and was still > there when I left (no other birders!) Very active, picking through leaves > with bill and also kicking up debris with feet. Occasionally "froze" on > ground as if waiting out danger. Every 10 minutes or so it would fly up to a > perch a few feet off the ground before returning to forage. > > <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22689183@N00/8563521722/";; > title="Varied Thrush, Prospect Park 3.16.13 by keir randall, on Flickr"><img > src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8383/8563521722_c796166d98.jpg";; > alt="Varied Thrush, Prospect Park 3.16.13" /></a> For access to this location for those of you unfamiliar with Prospect Park, from the Picnic House, go due east for the woods to an intersection of 4 roads. Look for a tall black chain link, go thru that entrance with the wood bridge on your right, hence follow the creek to a pool 100 feet down which is the Ambergill Pool . On the far shore where all the brush and fallen timbers are is where the Varied Thrush hangs out. A number of sightings were posted in the afternoon, especially from 3 pm towards dusk. Other news for Prospect were 10 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS some seen on the ground on Lookout Hill's Butterfly Meadow ( the lower of two on the summit); 2 hen COMMON MERGANSERS on Prospect Lake with rare HORNED GREBE, 2 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 12 PINE SISKINS at the feeders. Over at Greenwood Cemetery , on the "Hill of the Graves" or near Linden and Grove Avenues, best accessed from the weekend only 9th Ave ( or Prospect Park West Ave ) entrance ( get a free map at the sentry booth) was EASTERN MEADOWLARK. WE saw it well perched atop a cedar tree. More details and lists will be posted on my blog shortly www.prospectsightings.blogspot.com Peter BBC -- 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/ --
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