Went to the NYBG to look for the ravens that are supposed to be there and for
any early migrants. No sign of ravens, couldn't find a nest anywhere on the
building, or any visible anywhere. I tend to think it was a false report. Not
a whole lot around except for many robins and grackles. Did
On a quick trip with my wife around the NY Botanical Garden today I had the
usual birds plus several Yellow-rumped Warblers, a Palm Warbler, 2 Swamp
Sparrows, 1 or 2 Lincoln's Sparrows, 2 Field Sparrows, an Eastern Phoebe, the
first Dark-eyed Juncos of the season, a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, a
5/4/13 - NY Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY
Time: 10:30am to 3pm
Observers: Andrew Block
1 Double-crested Cormorant
1 Great Blue Heron
several Mallards
8 Wood Ducks
1 Red-tailed Hawk
several Mourning Doves
many Chimney Swifts
2 Red-bellied Woodpeckers
1 Downy Woodpecker
1 Northern Flicker
3 Warbl
4/20/13 - NY Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY
Time: 10am to 3pm
Observers: Andrew Block
1 Double-crested Cormorant
5 Canada Geese
4 Wood Ducks
8+ Mallards (plus two melanistic males)
1 Red-tailed Hawk
3 Rock Pigeons
5 Mourning Doves
2 Great Horned Owls
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
1 Downy Woodpecker
2
10/27/12 - NY Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY
Time: 10am to 4pm
Observers: Andrew Block, Nobue Sato, Margaret Falk
12+ Wood Ducks
several Mallards
1 Cooper's Hawk
3 Red-tailed Hawks
1 American Kestrel
2 Wild Turkeys
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
3 Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers
1 Downy Woodpecker
4 Norther
10/26/11 - NY Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY
Time: 2:30pm to 6pm
Observers: Andrew Block
1 Northern Parula
6 Yellow-rumped Warblers
20+ Golden-crowned Kinglets
5 Ruby-crowned Kinglets
15+ Chipping Sparrows
1 Northern Flicker
2 Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers
1 Hairy Woodpecker
2 Red-bellied Woodpecker
9/17/11 - New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY
Time: 10am to 2:30pm
Observers: Andrew Block
2 Double-crested Cormorants
12 Wood Ducks
6 Mallards
1 Osprey
1 Red-tailed hawk
1 Cooper's Hawk
2 Wild Turkeys
3 Herring Gulls
6 Mourning Doves
1 Chimney Swift
4+ Ruby-throated Hummingbirds
1 Belted Ki
4/18/11 - NY Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY
Time: 2pm to 2:40pm
Observers: Andrew Block, Margaret Falk
All seen from one spot down by lake below science lab:
5 Wood Ducks
1 Red-tailed Hawk
3 Northern Flickers
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
1 Blue-headed Vireo
3 Blue Jays
2 Tree Swallows
2 Northern Roug
2/16/11 - NY Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY
Time: 1pm to 2:30pm
Observers: Andrew Block
8 Rusty Blackbirds
1 Great Horned Owl (on guard, gorgeous)
3+ Red-breasted Nuthatches
2 White-breasted Nuthatches
1 American Robin
1 Northern Mockingbird
3 American Goldfinches
7+ Dark-eyed Juncos
5+ White-thro
11/ 27/10 - NY Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY
Time: 10am to 12pm
Observers: Andrew Block
10 Canada Geese (8 banded)
50+ Mallards
1 Cooper's Hawk
2 Red-tailed Hawks
1 Peregrine Falcon
15+ Mourning Doves
2 Red-bellied Woodpeckers
1 Downy Woodpecker
5+ Blue Jays
4+ Black-capped Chickadees
4 Tufted Ti
10/23/10 - NY Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY
Time: 10:30am to 5:30pm
Observers: Andrew Block
10 Double-crested Cormorants
40+ Canada Geese
1 Wood Duck
50+ Mallards
3 Red-tailed Hawks
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk
2 Cooper's Hawks
2 Merlins
2 Wild Turkeys
7+ Rock Pigeons
5 Mourning Doves
1 Belted Kingfisher
9/18/10 - NY Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY
Time: 10am to 3pm
Observers: Andrew Block, Martin Carney, Sue & Frank O'Rourke, and garden
birding group
10+ Wood Ducks
30+ Mallards
1 American Black Duck
2 Wild Turkeys
1 Double-crested Cormorant
1 Great Blue Heron
6+ Ospreys
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk
3 Coo
9/15/10 - NY Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY
Time: 2pm to 5:30pm
Observers: Andrew Block
45+ Mallards
12+ Wood Ducks
1 Great Blue Heron
3 Mourning Doves
3 Chimney Swifts
5+ Ruby-throated Hummingbirds
3 Red-bellied Woodpeckers
1 Downy Woodpecker
2 Blue Jays
2 Black-capped Chickadees
3+ Red-breasted
9/8/10 - NY Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY
15+ Wood Ducks
18+ Mallards
2 Wild Turkeys
1 Black-crowned Night-Heron
1 Red-tailed Hawk
2 Mourning Doves
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
1 Downy Woodpecker
3 Northern Flickers
many American Robins
several Gray Catbirds
10+ European Starlings
2 Common Yellowthroats
5/8/10 - NY Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY
Time: 10am to 4pm
Observers: Andrew Block
1 Double-crested Cormorant
1 Great Egret
1 Green Heron
1 Turkey Vulture
4 Canada Geese
21 Wood Ducks (3 ad., 18 ducklings)
7 Mallards
2 Red-tailed Hawks
1 Osprey
2 Herring Gulls
1 Rock Pigeon
3 Mourning Doves
3 Ch
5/5/10 - NY Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY
Time: 11:30am to 5:30pm
Observers: Andrew Block, Susan Burke (part of time)
2 Canada Geese (on nest)
9 Wood ducks (mother w/ babies)
7 Mallards
1 Red-tailed Hawk
3 Herring Gulls
5 Mourning Doves
1 Chimney Swift
2 Red-bellied Woodpeckers
2 Downy Woodpecker
4/15/10 - NY Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY
Time: 10am to 1:30pm
Observers: Andrew Block
6 Canada Geese
4 Wood ducks
6 Mallards
1 ABDU/MALL hybrid
2 Red-tailed Hawks
3 Rock Pigeons
3 Mourning Doves
2 Red-bellied Woodpeckers
1 Downy Woodpecker
1 Hairy Woodepecker
4 Northern Flickers
7 Blue Jays
3 B
4/10/10 - NY Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY
Time: 10am ti 2:30pm
Observers: Andrew Block
1 Double-crested Cormorant
4 Canada Geese
several Mallards
1 ABDU/MALL hybrid
1 Green-winged Teal (very vocal and aggressive towards the mallards)
1 Red-tailed Hawk (eating short-tailed shrew)
2 Rock Pigeons
4
4/3/10 - NY Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY
Time: 10am to 5pm
Observers: Andrew Block
5 Canada Geese
6 Wood Ducks (incl. two checking out nest sites in trees)
several Mallards
2 Northern Shovelers
2 Red-tailed Hawks
2 Rock pigeons
7 Mourning Doves
1 Great Horned Owl
3 Red-bellied Woodepeckers (one
3/27/10 - NY Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY
Time: 10am to 4pm
Observers: Andrew Block
7 Canada Geese
6 Wood Ducks
several Mallards
2 Northern Shovelers
1 Cooper's Hawk
2 Red-tailed Hawks (one carrying nest material)
1 Mourning Dove
4 Monk Parakeets
1 Great Horned Owl
3 Red-bellied Woodpeckers
1
3/20/10 - NY Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY
Time: 10am to 6pm
Observers: Andrew Block
30+ Canada Geese
10 Wood Ducks
several Mallards
2 Hooded Mergansers
1 Red-tailed hawk
5 Mourning Doves
3 Red-bellied Woodpeckers
2 Downy woodpeckers
1 Northern Flicker
several Blue Jays
1 Fish Crow
2 American Cro
3/6/10 - NY Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY
Time: 10am to 3pm
Observers: Andrew Block
30+ canada Geese
8 Wood Ducks
50+ Mallards
2 Mallard/Black Duck hybrids
2 Hooded Mergansers
3 Red-tailed Hawks
1 Red-shouldered Hawk
14 Rock Pigeons
4 Mourning Doves
2 Red-bellied Woodpeckers
1 Downy Woodpecker
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