[nysbirds-l] Calvert Vaux Park, Brooklyn 12/14/12 BLPW
A very late BLACKPOLL WARBLER was at Calvert Vaux Park in Brooklyn today. I saw the bird briefly last Sunday, 12/9, but only got good confirming views (and a couple of poor photos) today. The bird was near the east corner of the park in the brushy, wooded strip between the tip of the basin and the Six Diamonds ball fields, associated with a flock of mostly typical winter songbirds that also included a NASHVILLE WARBLER. The Blackpoll was feeding low among weed stalks and stubble, often on the ground, but actively moving about. It was fairly bright olive-green above, with dark streaks on the back; white wing bars and edging on tertials and wingtips. Yellowish through face and breast, with indistinct streaking on sides, and dark line through the eye. White undertail coverts; yellow feet. This is later than any NY state record shown in eBird. The species is a long-range migrant, wintering in South America; there were a number of late reports in the immediate post-Sandy period, and it might be that this individual was part of that fallout. Also of note was a flock of 11 RED CROSSBILLS feeding in a small stand of cone-laden pines near the drive-in entrance in the newly renovated area along Shore Parkway. Good birding, Alex Wilson Brooklyn -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Calvert Vaux Park, Brooklyn 12/14/12 BLPW
A very late BLACKPOLL WARBLER was at Calvert Vaux Park in Brooklyn today. I saw the bird briefly last Sunday, 12/9, but only got good confirming views (and a couple of poor photos) today. The bird was near the east corner of the park in the brushy, wooded strip between the tip of the basin and the Six Diamonds ball fields, associated with a flock of mostly typical winter songbirds that also included a NASHVILLE WARBLER. The Blackpoll was feeding low among weed stalks and stubble, often on the ground, but actively moving about. It was fairly bright olive-green above, with dark streaks on the back; white wing bars and edging on tertials and wingtips. Yellowish through face and breast, with indistinct streaking on sides, and dark line through the eye. White undertail coverts; yellow feet. This is later than any NY state record shown in eBird. The species is a long-range migrant, wintering in South America; there were a number of late reports in the immediate post-Sandy period, and it might be that this individual was part of that fallout. Also of note was a flock of 11 RED CROSSBILLS feeding in a small stand of cone-laden pines near the drive-in entrance in the newly renovated area along Shore Parkway. Good birding, Alex Wilson Brooklyn -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
