Alley Pond Park, 25 Mar Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) parked at the upper lot. The morning started overcast, stayed that way, butt warmed up as the day progressed. Small birds were few and far between. Our successful target bird were 2 FOY EASTERN PHOEBE. We also saw 5 GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS mixed with Tufted Titmice and Black-capped Chickadees.
New migrants were probably the flock of mixed blackbirds on the ball field edge including: RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD, RUSTY BLACKBIRD, COMMON GRACKLE and BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD. We found other Rustles in their usual place by the kettle ponds, a total of at least 15 in all for the day. Raptors included a fly over RED-TAILED HAWK and the continuing resident GREAT HORNED OWL. Sy -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
