I spent most of the day, from dawn until late afternoon, birding a variety of spots in Queens. Highlights included:
Wilson's Snipe - fly-by at Fort Tilden American Pipit - flyover at Fort Tilden Baltimore Oriole - Jacob Riis Park Magnolia Warbler - Jacob Riis Park White-crowned Sparrow - Fort Tilden, Kissena Park Marsh Wren - Big Egg Marsh Saltmarsh Sparrow - Big Egg Marsh Nelson's Sparrow - Big Egg Marsh Eurasian Wigeon - Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Pectoral Sandpiper - Ditto Little Blue Heron - Ditto 8 Snowy Egrets - Ditto Lincoln's Sparrow - Kissena Park 2(!) Grasshopper Sparrows - Kissena Park (one had no tail and I got pics of both) The south end of the East Pond at Jamaica Bay is still walkable and it was very odd to see juncos foraging where you normally see Least Sandpipers. It was a very birdy day, with large numbers of a host of common birds, like Tree Swallow, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Song Sparrow, Brant, White-throated Sparrow, Eastern Phoebe, Northern Flicker, Swamp Sparrow, and others. Ended the day with 95 species and if I had realized how many I had I would have kept going and went for 100... Good Birding, Corey Finger -- 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/ --
