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
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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

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