Gerry McGee, Bronx Brendan Keogh and I thought it was a great day to see raptors at Pelham Bay Park. We had close views of Bald Eagle, Kestrel, Cooper’s Hawk, Sharp Shinned Hawk, Merlin, Red Tailed Hawk, Peregrine Falcon, Osprey and Northern Harrier. All but the Eagle were seen near the landfill, in the southern zone of the park. Now that Native American artifacts were discovered in the souther zone, all construction has stopped and all the fences and barricades have been removed, except for the one at the shoreline. That one remains because of a crumbling sea wall. The place had been mostly closed off for the past couple of years and it was really tough to bird there, now it’s wide open again!
There were lots of other birds around too, including a Red-throated Loon, Brant and Buffleheads which made us feel that winter is approaching soon, (ugh). Chipping Sparrow Song Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco White-throated Sparrow Red-winged Blackbird Northern Flicker Northern Mockingbird Eastern Phoebe Yellow-rumped Warbler Palm Warbler Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker American Goldfinch Northern Cardinal Hermit Thrush Cedar Waxwing House Finch Canada Goose Tufted Titmouse Eastern Phoebe Ruby-crowned Kinglet American Crow Mourning Dove Jack Rothman cityislandbirds.com -- 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/ --
