All, Birding the park today with Rhys Marsh was consistently good and we found new species in many places. We began at Strawberry field and finished up in the North Woods, finding new species at every stop. Highlights included a young Blue Grosbeak on the Great Hill, a Black-billed Cuckoo at the Butterfly Meadow, a male Hooded Warbler at the 103rd St Sparrow Rock. While visiting the Reservoir we saw a dark eagle circle and gain altitude before gliding over the water and down the East side. It had a very long tail, was all dark without white in the head or under wing. I believe it was a Golden Eagle, here's a picture of it:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pasurfbird/5044947637/ The early morning Strawberry field was especially good with big numbers of Northern Flicker, Golden-Crowned Kinglet and several good warblers. Tupelo Field was also very good in the morning, the sun hit some of the big trees which seemed to attract many warblers including a pair of Nashville Warblers that were flitting around together. The trees around the Harlem Meer were very productive with several Warbler species along with at least one White-crowned Sparrow. All in all we had 16 species of Warbler (missing Ovenbird!), 3 wrens, 8 raptor species, 7 sparrows (including Junco and Towhee). There were a lot of other birds too! Hopefully Sunday is just as good with all new birds! Good Birding, Sam Manhattan, NY -- 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/ --
