Pelham Bay Park, Bronx Monday, June 26,2017 OBS: Noa Cruz, Mayra Cruz, Robert DeCandido, PhD, & Deborah Allen
Highlights: A pleasant and peaceful morning with friends at Goose Creek Marsh and Bartow-Pell in Pelham Bay Park. Birds: Saltmarsh Sparrow, Pine Warbler, Marsh Wren, Clapper Rail, American Black Duck, etc. - see list below for details. Goose Creek Marsh: American Black Duck - pair Mourning Dove Clapper Rail - at least 2 (1 heard-only, 1 seen & photographed carrying food) Double-crested Cormorant - flyover Great Egret - flyover Snowy Egret - flyover Osprey - on nest Northern Flicker - several Warbling Vireo - a few singing Marsh Wren - at least 20 Tree Swallow - 4 Barn Swallow - at least 20 - nesting Common Yellowthroat - singing male Yellow Warbler - females & singing males Saltmarsh Sparrow - at least 2 pairs Red-winged Blackbird - 6 -- Bartow-Pell - grounds only: Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 2 (1 adult male) Red-bellied Woodpecker Northern Flicker Warbling Vireo - singing White-breasted Nuthatch - heard House Wren - singing male Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 3 together American Robin Wood Thrush - heard Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird American Goldfinch - 3 Yellow Warbler - males & females Pine Warbler - singing male in appropriate habitat during nesting season (possible breeder) Eastern Towhee - heard Chipping Sparrow - singing Song Sparrow - singing Northern Cardinal Orchard Oriole - female Baltimore Oriole - at least five including all age & sex classes Last Thursday (June 22) Bob observed four American Woodcocks in Pelham Bay in appropriate habitat, indicating that the species may be breeding. Deb Allen -- 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/ --