Pelham Bay Park, Bronx Saturday July 2, 2016 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. on bird walk
Plenty of summer residents around today including three species of Wood Warblers. Mallard Double-crested Cormorant - 2 Eastchester Bay Great Blue Heron - adult flying over Eastchester Bay Great Egret - Turtle Cove Snowy Egret - Turtle Cove Black-crowned Night-Heron - Turtle Cove Turkey Vulture - 2 flyovers near Landfill (Victor Lloyd) Osprey - flyover - near Landfill (Bob & Deb before walk) Red-tailed Hawk - flyover Killdeer - several Orchard Beach including at least one juvenile Herring Gull - Orchard Beach Red-bellied Woodpecker - near Landfill Downy Woodpecker - near Landfill Northern Flicker - near Landfill Willow Flycatcher - 4 or 5 near Landfill (i.d. confirmed by voice) Great Crested Flycatcher - near Landfill (Louise Burns) Warbling Vireo - several locations Red-eyed Vireo - several locations (Louise Burns) Tree Swallow - near Landfill Northern Rough-winged Swallow - adult & 3 fledglings (Frank Rutella) Cliff Swallow - Bridge over Hutchinson River near Landfill (Matthieu Benoit)* Barn Swallow - several locations Tufted Titmouse - heard White-breasted Nuthatch - heard Carolina Wren - heard - near Landfill Marsh Wren - heard at least 2 Turtle Cove Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 3 together Orchard Beach Wood Thrush - heard near Landfill and in Woods American Robin Gray Catbird - several pairs near Landfill Brown Thrasher - near Landfill (Matthieu Benoit) Northern Mockingbird - several including fledgling near Landfill Cedar Waxwing - at least 5 Turtle Cove Common Yellowthroat - several some singing, some heard American Redstart - 4 or 5, including 3 together in the Woods Yellow Warbler - several locations some singing Chipping Sparrow - adult Orchard Beach Song Sparrow - several Northern Cardinal Red-winged Blackbird - several locations (male, female, juvenile) Orchard Oriole - pair near Landfill (Frank Rutella) Baltimore Oriole - young male near Landfill House Finch - near Landfill (Noa Cruz) American Goldfinch - many near Landfill * see Matthieu's report on NYSBIRDS-L earlier today re: nesting Cliff Swallows and other nesting Bronx birds. Sadly we noticed today that the Cliff Swallow nest at Orchard Beach has been appropriated by House Sparrows. 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/ --
