[nysbirds-l] American Bittern Prospect Park
Bobbi Manian found an American Bittern in the Phragmites on the west side of 3 Sisters Islands in Brooklyn's Prospect Park. Rob Bate -- 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] American Bittern Prospect Park
Bobbi Manian found an American Bittern in the Phragmites on the west side of 3 Sisters Islands in Brooklyn's Prospect Park. Rob Bate -- 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] American Bittern - Prospect Park
Today while moping about the waning of fall migraton by the lake's edge in Brooklyn's Prospect Park I looked up to see a large heron-like bird flying across the water. At first I thought Green Heron, a common enough bird in this urban park, becauuse of the chest streaking. However the bird was huge, at least for a Green Heron. The dark band along the back of it's wing identified it as an American Bittern. It flew around the lake and headed straight for my position but it may have been startled to see a human in Prospect Park and quickly reversed course disappearing around a bend of the shoreline. Word went out and Rob Jett and Peter Dorosh joined me in an attempt to relocate the bird, unfortunately to no avail. Rob Bate Brooklyn, NYC -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] American Bittern - Prospect Park
Today while moping about the waning of fall migraton by the lake's edge in Brooklyn's Prospect Park I looked up to see a large heron-like bird flying across the water. At first I thought Green Heron, a common enough bird in this urban park, becauuse of the chest streaking. However the bird was huge, at least for a Green Heron. The dark band along the back of it's wing identified it as an American Bittern. It flew around the lake and headed straight for my position but it may have been startled to see a human in Prospect Park and quickly reversed course disappearing around a bend of the shoreline. Word went out and Rob Jett and Peter Dorosh joined me in an attempt to relocate the bird, unfortunately to no avail. Rob Bate Brooklyn, NYC -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
