I was informed today by a couple of NYC Parks Department employees that the back of Calvert Vaux (nee Dreier Offerman) Park in Brooklyn will be closed to the public through Friday due to some heavy fence reconstruction. This is the area that has remained accessible while they work on the east side of the park. This means the entire park will be inaccessible through Friday.
Just some expected late season migrants there today, notably 4 Eastern Meadowlarks, 6 Eastern Bluebirds, a couple of Wilson's Snipe and a migrating Red-shouldered Hawk soaring quite high. A check of Fort Tilden and Floyd Bennett Field earlier in the day showed that Dark-eyed Juncos and Golden-crowned Kinglets are decidedly in. Tilden also held one each of Lincoln's and Vesper Sparrow. Good Birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- 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/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
