And now for a bird worth mentioning - a real rarity on Long Island. Eugene Harris found a Pileated Woodpecker this morning at Oakland Lake, along the Springfield Blvd. fence line. I first heard about it from Eric Miller, who searched unsuccessfully for it in Oakland Ravine. I would expect Eugene to post the picture on his Nature on Campus blog by tomorrow. http://www.qcc.cuny.edu/biologicalSciences/natureOnCampus/index.html
So what of this reported radar imagery from last night? Must have been the birds that were here Saturday leaving. After wasting a lot of time in quiet places - although getting to see a Hooded Warbler (found by Tom and Gail?) at Forest Park - I stumbled into one exciting, localized cluster of activity in Alley Pond Park. I put some pictures up on the recent work page at http://www.stevewalternature.com/ . Steve Walter Bayside, NY -- 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/ --
