I went to Kissena Park for the first time since Sandy. There are some trees damaged or down, but the park is for the most part OK. The attendance at the park was light. The birds were abundant in number of species (51) and number of each species. It was probably my best day of birding at the park.
Canada Goose 17 Mute Swan 12 American Black Duck 2 Mallard 13 Ruddy Duck 2 Ring-necked Pheasant 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Rock Pigeon 4 Mourning Dove 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 Downy Woodpecker 3 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 1 Peregrine Falcon 1 Eastern Phoebe 1 Blue-headed Vireo 1 Blue Jay 11 Black-capped Chickadee 12 Tufted Titmouse 3 Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 White-breasted Nuthatch 2 Brown Creeper 3 Winter Wren 2 Carolina Wren 1 Golden-crowned Kinglet 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 10 Hermit Thrush 9 American Robin 20 Gray Catbird 1 Northern Mockingbird 3 Brown Thrasher 1 European Starling 8 Northern Parula 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 Eastern Towhee 2 American Tree Sparrow 1 Chipping Sparrow 1 Field Sparrow 1 Savannah Sparrow 2 Fox Sparrow 3 Song Sparrow 30 Lincoln's Sparrow 1 White-throated Sparrow 20 White-crowned Sparrow 1 Dark-eyed Junco 15 Northern Cardinal 2 Red-winged Blackbird 7 Common Grackle 2 American Goldfinch 6 House Sparrow 5 -- 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/ --
