At the northern tip of the river walk in Croton (along the Hudson north of Croton Harmon station) I was surprised to see a cliff swallow giving great looks at about 7:45 pm. They are known to breed - don't know about this year -- under the Rte. 9 / Croton River bridge right by Van Cortlandt Manor.
L. Trachtemberg Ossining Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 18, 2016, at 11:11 PM, Thomas Fiore <tom...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > Saturday, 18 June 2016 > > Two Cliff Swallows with other more-regular swallows as reported to this list > earlier by Nadir Sourgi were still present, flying low around the SE quadrant > (areas where no sports were being played at the later hour) of the Parade > Ground ballfields, at Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx Co., late in the day. > Although the species has bred in the Bronx, & may have attempted to in the > west Bronx, it is at least uncommon if not somewhat rare in this month. At > least 3 of us were observing in the 4-5 p.m. hour. > > The Parade Ground part of that park is adjacent to Broadway (yep, the same > long thoroughfare that runs past Times Square, when it gets into midtown > Manhattan). > > good birds, > > Tom Fiore > Manhattan > > -- > > 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/ > > -- -- 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/ --