[nysbirds-l] Central Park: Pulitzer Fountain Common Grackle Roost

[Ben Cacace]

Last night I swung by one of Central Park's Common Grackle roost sites
outside of the park. The location is off the southeast corner of the park
in front of the Plaza Hotel and Bergdorf Goodman's in the Linden Trees
surrounding Pulitzer Fountain. It was dark at 8:30p and grackles were
visible naked eye. In a small section covered by a binocular field there
were around 10 birds sitting close to each other.

There are links to the discovery post of this location back in the Fall of
2005 and a chronological list of Marie Winn's follow-up observations during
the Fall/Winter of 2005/2006.

http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Grand+Army+Plaza%2C+Pulitzer+Fountain+%28grackle+roost%29

My only observation was on 30-Sep-2005 and I started counting after the
birds were already streaming into the roost. This was around 20 minutes
before sunset.

A possible simultaneous dual count from Belvedere Castle where I've seen
them heading south at the end of the day and at the roost should be
interesting.

I'm not sure what the numbers are like in the Spring but that Fall
observation back in 2005 was impressive.
-- 
Ben Cacace
Manhattan, NYC
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[nysbirds-l] Central Park: Pulitzer Fountain Common Grackle Roost

[Ben Cacace]

Last night I swung by one of Central Park's Common Grackle roost sites
outside of the park. The location is off the southeast corner of the park
in front of the Plaza Hotel and Bergdorf Goodman's in the Linden Trees
surrounding Pulitzer Fountain. It was dark at 8:30p and grackles were
visible naked eye. In a small section covered by a binocular field there
were around 10 birds sitting close to each other.

There are links to the discovery post of this location back in the Fall of
2005 and a chronological list of Marie Winn's follow-up observations during
the Fall/Winter of 2005/2006.

http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Grand+Army+Plaza%2C+Pulitzer+Fountain+%28grackle+roost%29

My only observation was on 30-Sep-2005 and I started counting after the
birds were already streaming into the roost. This was around 20 minutes
before sunset.

A possible simultaneous dual count from Belvedere Castle where I've seen
them heading south at the end of the day and at the roost should be
interesting.

I'm not sure what the numbers are like in the Spring but that Fall
observation back in 2005 was impressive.
-- 
Ben Cacace
Manhattan, NYC
Wiki for NYS eBird Hotspots

Facebook Discussion for NYS eBird Hotspots


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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/

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