New York Botanical Garden, Bronx Saturday June 25, 2016 OBS: Robert DeCandido PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
We set a new record for our bird walks today with five MDs attending. Turkey Vulture - flyover (Mark S.) Red-tailed Hawk - adult chased by Eastern Kingbird (Jeff Ward) Mourning Dove Ruby-throated Hummingbird - female near the previously used nest (found by Jeff Ward back in May) Chimney Swift - not many Red-bellied Woodpecker - male, female, juvenile getting red on head Downy Woodpecker - family & others Hairy Woodpecker - male & female - Forest Northern Flicker - Forest Eastern Phoebe - one or two juveniles (fresh cinnamon wing bars & yellow gape) (Chris Tipton) Eastern Kingbird - chasing Red-tailed Hawk Warbling Vireo Red-eyed Vireo - Forest Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 2 (Bob & Deb before walk) Black-capped Chickadee - family Tufted Titmouse - family Red-breasted Nuthatch - 2 together (we believe these birds summered & are not fall arrivals) White-breasted Nutchatch - 2 or 3 Forest House Wren - Swale (Jeff Ward) Wood Thrush - Forest (Andrea Hessel, MD) Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird Cedar Waxwing - 3 (Jeff Ward) Common Yellowthroat - male singing at the Swale Pine Warbler - female carrying food (Bob before walk), male singing (group) Eastern Towhee - male singing - Forest Chipping Sparrow - juvenile Song Sparrow - singing male & others Red-winged Blackbird - singing male Common Grackle - begging young Swale (Deb before walk) Orchard Oriole - adult male Swale (Beth Breakstone, MD) Baltimore Oriole - male & female, including used nest pointed out by Jeff Ward House Finch American Goldfinch - many White-tailed Deer - Bronx River (Jeff Ward) - a security guard told us he started seeing them in 2008. Deb Allen -- 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/ --