New York Botanical Garden, Bronx Saturday, December 8, 2018 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob.
Highlights: Rusty Blackbirds, Common Ravens, Pine Siskins, Purple Finches, Field Sparrow. Canada Goose - 4 flyovers Mallard - 6 Mourning Dove - 3 Herring Gull - flyover Great Blue Heron - immature Stone Bridge over the Bronx River Cooper's Hawk - adult circling over Native Plant Garden Red-tailed Hawk - 2 adults Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 2 Downy Woodpecker - 2 Blue Jay - around 15 American Crow - 5 Common Raven - 4 vocal birds seen together at Stone Bridge Black-capped Chickadee - around 6 (one fed by hand at the Swale) Tufted titmouse - around 12 Red-breasted Nuthatch - at least 4 White-breasted Nuthatch - around 8 American Robin - around 40 Northern Mockingbird - 2 Cedar Waxwing - flyover flock of 25 heading north House Finch - around 6 Purple Finch - 4 females in crab apples near Fordham Pines Pine Siskin - 5 (4 at the Swale) American Goldfinch - 3 Field Sparrow - crab apples near Fordham Pines Song Sparrow - 2 White-throated Sparrow - 20 Dark-eyed Junco - 30 Red-winged Blackbird - flock of 35 at the Swale Brown-headed Cowbird - 6 at the Swale Rusty Blackbird - 5 at the Swale Northern Cardinal - 6 Deb Allen Follow us on twitter @BirdingBobNYC & @DAllenNYC -- 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/ --
