A couple of hours makes a big difference. At noon today the activity in my
West Islip yard was much quieter that what Tim observed this morning a mile or
two west. All of my siskins from yesterday had departed. I did have, however,
a flock of about a dozen YR Warblers fly in while I was there
There were several birds around Southards Pond Park, Babylon (close to Tim)
this morning which appeared to be 'new in'. The most obvious arrivals were
Thrushes (56), Robins (36), Golden-crowned Kinglets (23), Goldfinch (19) and
Pine Siskin (30). Goldfinches and Siskins were moving west through