I made it back to Kissena Park (Queens, NYC) today and saw a single Rusty Blackbird south of the marsh. The pair of Common Ravens made a brief appearance on the path that runs parallel to 164th Street before bring chased out of the park by a Red-tailed Hawk. A Turkey Vulture also made a brief appearance over the fields on the western half of the park.
I found at the park six (6) species of woodpecker, the most notable was an adult male Red-headed Woodpecker. Also present were a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, a flicker, a hairy and a few red-bellied and downy woodpeckers. I saw a total of 27 species, and my list can be found on ebird. I didn't have the time to investigate, but a Cesar Castillo and a dog walker reported seeing the red-tailed hawks nesting and a great-horned owl in the park. -- Joseph O'Sullivan, Foraging Survey Project Manager -- 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/ --
