While leading my weekly tour at Green-Wood Cemetery this morning I spotted a pair of phoebes hawking insects near Central Ridge. These were my first of the season and possibly first for Brooklyn this year. There were Mourning Cloak butterflies around yesterday and Spring Crocuses are emerging. Pine Warblers shouldn't be too far off. I guess Spring has sprung … at least until the snow storm later this week ;-)
Also of note this morning were two woodcocks. One was under a stand of conifers near Battle Hill, the other was resting under a rhododendron near the intersection of Landscape and Oak Avenues. Good birding, Rob http://citybirder.blogspot.com @thecitybirder -- 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/ --
