*NY County Highlights*: American Black Duck (3), Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (4 nestlings), Killdeer (8), Least Sandpiper (2), American Kestrel, Fish Crow (10+) & Brown-headed Cowbird (54+).
A smallish dark heron that wasn't a Night-Heron was seen moving from the maintenance field towards Hammock Grove. I had a brief binocular view but it disappeared behind some trees. A Common Tern with a band was photographed on the west side of the island while it was fishing. The portion of the band visible appears to be "A05". Not sure if this is enough. See photo on checklist. A Fish Crow with a lower pitched call was recorded east of Fort Jay. The crow goes into it's typical pitch once at 50" and again at 1'30". Audio, recorded with an iPhone, is attached to checklist. *1st hour*: *10 spp.*; *2nd*: *+9*; *3rd*: *+7 & 1 taxa*; *4th*: *+1* = *27 spp. & 1 taxa* Full checklist (images & audio): http://ebird.org/ebird/view/ checklist/S38463276 -- Ben Cacace Manhattan, NYC Wiki for NYS eBird Hotspots <http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Birding+in+New+York> Facebook Discussion for NYS eBird Hotspots: Q & A <https://www.facebook.com/groups/NYeBirdHotspots/> -- 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/ --
