As to warblers around, a very reliable report this morning from 2 excellent birders was of a Northern Parula at Mariandale Conference Center on Hudson River in Ossining -- along with an estimated 200 Canvasback and other waterfowl
L Trachtenberg Ossining From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve Walter Sent: Friday, December 08, 2017 3:21 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [nysbirds-l] Queens - Crocheron and Alley Ponds I did a quick run to check on things at two spots here in northeastern Queens. At Crocheron Park, only the Western Tanager of yesterday's terrific trio had been seen as of 2:00. At the restored Alley Pond (at the LIE - Cross Island Pkwy intersection), I did not see the Lesser Yellowlegs that has been lingering at least through Dec. 4, but a lot of the shoreline is not visible. However, I did have a surprising and bizarre few moments while there. I spished to try and see what passerine I was hearing up in a tree along the shore. The next thing I knew, I was counting warblers. At least 10 of them, all Pine Warblers that I could see at that point. I don't know that I've seen that many Pines together ever, even in breeding areas of the pine barrens or Florida pine woods, where they winter. There are a bunch of pine trees at this location, to which they quickly flew off. Getting an accurate count at that point was not doable, but I did add an Orange-crowned Warbler while trying to see exactly where the Pine Warblers had relocated to. It could be an interesting count season - although here comes the snow tomorrow and a 25 degree high on Wednesday. Steve Walter -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> ABA<http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- 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/ --
