Matthieu Benoit and I (Jared Cole) birded Pelham Bay Park in The Bronx, NY, on 11/11/2016 from sunrise (about 6:40am) to sunset (about 4:40pm).
We started at Twin Islands, eventually concluding in the Southern Zone of the park. We did not observe any morning flight. We did have a good diversity (in low numbers) of several migratory/resident raptors, including Bald Eagles, Northern Harrier, Cooper's Hawk, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, and Peregrine Falcon. We had 8 Emberizidae sparrows including Eastern Towhee, American Tree Sparrow, Fox Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, Song Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, and Dark-eyed Junco. Two species that stood out were Eastern Bluebirds and Cattle Egret, both observed by the landfill. We spent just under an hour (3:20-4:10pm) along the edge of the landfill in the southern zone of the park. We had 6 Eastern Bluebirds fly up onto the barbwire fence and then over into the landfill area. Just after passing the landfill, we set up along the fence and had a Cattle Egret fly by. The Cattle Egret flew southeast from the edge of the landfill, but we lost it as it flew over the docks that stick into Eastchester Bay. We snapped photos of both species and they are on the eBird list: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S32507644. I will be uploading the other lists to eBird later but wanted to get this one out in case birders wanted to have a look in The Bronx tomorrow. #bronxbird Cheers, Jared Cole -- 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/ --
