Just as a response, I did get waterthrush at Oakland around 12:30 PM today (4/16/2013), but since it seemed to lack the salmon colour on the lower body I wasn't sure if it was a Luisiana or Northern. I missed the kingbird though.
________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: NYSBIRDS-L <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 2:56 PM Subject: [nysbirds-l] Queens County parks Fellow Birders; I spent a few hours this morning visiting a few nearby parks in Queens County. First up was Kissena Corridor (I work the west end closer to NY Hospital, whereas Cesar Castillo seems to have the east end well-covered!). There was very little activity this morning, much less than the last few days-- single Savannah and American Tree Sparrows, and a pair of dueling Ring-necked Pheasants (entertaining, but bloodless) were the lone highlights. No sign of the (escapee) European Goldfinch that I enjoyed at length on Sunday. At Alley Pond Park I did briefly enjoy the Yellow-throated Warbler, in roughly the same place as reported yesterday-- not much else was noted. At Oakland Lake, no luck with the Louisiana Waterthrush, but the most interesting bird of the day was my FOS Eastern Kingbird (near the reported area for the waterthrush). This strikes me as a very early bird-- consider that I did not see one in transi! t before I Ieft Panama in late March, and in previous years I have had this species still heading north through PA as late as early-mid May. My previous early date for NYC was 4/30 a few years ago. Sometimes it's not "what" as much as "when" that makes a slow morning of birding a bit more interesting! Happy Birding/ Feliz Pajareando, Ken Allaire El Valle de Anton, Panama/Flushing, NY skypename: kenallaire -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- 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/ --
