Encouraged to see adult grasshopper sparrow carrying food this morning to fledglings atop the landfill grassland habitat at Croton Point Park.
Brief video clip link below of adult with food: https://vimeo.com/101744022 Three fledglings heard nearby, one seen, with another nearby adult. Also seen this am: adult male American kestrel hunting from the landfill posts, first of many (hopefully) to come in weeks ahead. Habitat update on the Croton Point Landfill: Glad for success this spring/summer in working with county govt to prevent mowing of the Croton Point main landfill except for required maintenance paths to the monitoring wells and, as requested, some areas of invasive mugwort, especially on W side of landfill. Work is beginning in small area on N lower side of the main landfill, across from swimming beach bathhouse, to dig up failed piping. Given notice by county parks dept before work began, a small group of us walked this area last week to check for nesting activity & one active song sparrow nest was marked. We are glad for this ongoing and better communication with Westchester County Parks and the county Dept of Environmental Facilities as the necessary pipe replacement project continues in the months ahead. Anne Swaim Saw Mill River Audubon www.sawmillriveraudubon.org -- 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/ --
