This weekend my #4 grandson Brady made his First Communion, and his
Godfather, Paul Baliles, flew in from Evanston, Illinois. to attend. This
morning I was tasked with taking Paul (who also happens to be my
son-in-law) back to LaGuardia Airport. After wishing him a " Bon Voyage" at
1030, I proceeded post-haste to Forest Park, where I was like a kid in a
candy store - I was thrilled with it all ! There was not all that much, but
most of the species seen were FOS for me {didn't get much birding time in
this past week) with a number of them affording real nice photo ops.
Solitary Sandpiper, Wood Thrush, Black-throated Blue, Black & White,
Ovenbird, N. Waterthrush and Common Yellowthroat were all FOS.
My next stop was at Alley Pond Park where the same conditions prevailed ,
with Warbling Vireo, Yellow, A. Redstart and N. Parulao being FOS. I
also had a "white" bird at Trout Pond (which I didn't see well before it
flew away) that looked to be ~ robin size. A short while later I met a
local birder, whom I asked about the leucistic or albinistic bird I had
seen earlier. He didn't know about it being seen this year, but had seen a
Leucistic Robin here last year.
My final stop was at Hempstead Lake S.P., where I added Chimney Swift to
the FOS list.
Cheers !
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