Gerry McGee and I birded the preserve this morning and were pleasantly surprised. It was so tranquil and beautiful, we were the only two birders around. After all the intensity of Central Park this week, this was a kind of relief. Of course there were far fewer species but we had many long and focused views of Blue-winged Warblers, Eastern Bluebirds, Scarlet Tanagers and others. While sitting on bench overlooking a field under a tree, many birds came to visit.
If you need a day off from the intense city birding style, I recommend this place with wide beautiful trails and more contemplative birding. Orchard Oriole (few) Yellow Warbler American Redstart (several) Cedar Waxwing (several) Scarlet Tanager (2) Great-blue Heron Red-tail Hawk Blue-winged Warbler (few) Baltimore Oriole (few) Red-winged Blackbird Gray Catbird Hermit Thrush Turkey Vulture Eastern Bluebird (several) Eastern Towhee Eastern Woods PeeWee (calling) Warbling Vireo Tree Sparrow Tree Swallow Blue Jay Eastern Kingbird Jack Rothman cityislandbirds.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
