I led an NYC Audubon walk around Randall's/Ward's Island today. It was a very beautiful but very quiet day, bird-wise. We had only common warblers (Ovenbird, Magnolia, American Redstart, Chestnut-sided, Yellow); three species of swallow (Barn, Tree, N. Rough-winged); a pair of Gadwall in the restored salt marsh; a Peregrine at its nesting site atop the psych hospital building, a pair of Killdeer; Eastern Kingbirds; the highlight was a Yellow-Crowned Night-Heron on the rocks at the marshy spot at the NE end of the island (which was quite flooded compared to previous visits).
A surprising number of Brant remain as well: I counted 190 in the inlet there. Cheers, Gabriel Willow NYC Audubon, etc -- 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/ --
