*NY County Highlights:* Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, Killdeer (9), American Kestrel, Fish Crow (22+), Common Raven, Northern Rough-winged Swallow (2) & Tree Swallow (3).
A female American Kestrel caught a sparrow in midair near Fort Jay and the pair of Red-tailed Hawks were spotted together. One is an adult and the other is a first summer hawk with at least one short red feather showing over the brown banded tail. Image (and close-up) of the RT pair included in the checklist. *1st hour:* *16 spp.*; *2nd:* *+8*; *3rd:* *+6*; *4th:* *+3* = *33 spp.* [4 hours, 23 minutes] Full checklist & images: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S37727341 *Summer frequency ranking:* 1. Common Raven 2. Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 3. Killdeer 4. Tree Swallow 5. Fish Crow 6. American Kestrel 7. Northern Rough-winged Swallow 8. American Black Duck 9. Common Tern 10. American Crow 11. Laughing Gull 12. Northern Flicker 13. Northern Mockingbird 14. Red-tailed Hawk 15. Song Sparrow 16. Cedar Waxwing 17. Barn Swallow 18. Ring-billed Gull 19. Chimney Swift 20. Red-winged Blackbird 21. Black-crowned Night-Heron 22. Great Black-backed Gull 23. Herring Gull 24. Canada Goose 25. Double-crested Cormorant 26. Northern Cardinal 27. Mallard 28. Common Grackle 29. Mourning Dove 30. Rock Pigeon 31. European Starling 32. American Robin 33. House Sparrow -- Ben Cacace Manhattan, NYC Wiki for NYS eBird Hotspots <http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Birding+in+New+York> Facebook Discussion for NYS eBird Hotspots: Q & A <https://www.facebook.com/groups/NYeBirdHotspots/> -- 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/ --
