A City Island Birds walk was supposed to be Sunday but was rescheduled late yesterday for this morning because of the weather forecast. We were rewarded with a beautiful day, wonderful friendly people and some nice birds.
A very cooperative Wilson’s Snipe and Pectoral Sandpiper were the highlights. Sadly we missed a LeConte’s Sparrow in Turtle Cove, seen only minutes before we arrived by other birders. This is indeed a good find and a rarity for here. We waited for the bird to emerge from the grasses. It popped up and Matthieu Benoit saw it momentarily. If one waits, they may get lucky. I believe it is still in the vicinity. The bird was seen near the metal bridge.There were about a dozen of us in a small space and I’m guessing our presence kept the bird in the spartina. Pectoral Sandpiper Wilson’s Snipe Peregrine Falcon Killdeer Downy Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Dark-eyed Junco Song Sparrow Swamp Sparrow Savannah Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Mourning Dove American Black Duck Mallard Blue Jay Common Grackle American Robin American Goldfinch Yellow-rumped Warbler Ruby-crowned Kinglet Blue-headed Vireo Red-winged Blackbird Eastern Phoebe Wood Duck (flyover of approximately 12) Double-crested Cormorant House Finch American Crow Northern Flicker Northern Cardinal European Starling Red-tailed Hawk Canada Goose Jack Rothman CityIslandBirds.com -- 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/ --
