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
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
There was a strong flight today, as observed from Calvert Vaux Park,
at the mouth of Coney Island Creek in Brooklyn. Blackbirds were
moving in good numbers, as well as finches, pipits, bluebirds,
robins, etc. After spending much of the morning with flyover birds, I
found an unusually
A CONNECTICUT WARBLER was at Calvert Vaux Park in Brooklyn today, in
the strip between the Six Diamonds ball fields and the tidal basin.
It was a first for me at the park, though there are at least three
records over the last five years, all from the same general area as
today’s sighting.
A CONNECTICUT WARBLER was at Calvert Vaux Park in Brooklyn today, in
the strip between the Six Diamonds ball fields and the tidal basin.
It was a first for me at the park, though there are at least three
records over the last five years, all from the same general area as
today’s sighting.
There was a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT at Calvert Vaux Park today. The
morning rain brought down some shorebirds, Kingbirds, and BOBOLINKS,
as well as a PURPLE MARTIN. I suppose the martins are in the area
yearly, but I rarely see them; a sighting in 2009 was similarly
weather-driven.
I’ll take
There was a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT at Calvert Vaux Park today. The
morning rain brought down some shorebirds, Kingbirds, and BOBOLINKS,
as well as a PURPLE MARTIN. I suppose the martins are in the area
yearly, but I rarely see them; a sighting in 2009 was similarly
weather-driven.
I’ll take
A couple of noteworthy birds were at Calvert Vaux Park in Brooklyn
today. A female BLUE GROSEBEAK came up out of the high grasses in the
corner along the Six Diamonds ball fields fence near Shore Parkway.
Later, an adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was on the baseball fields
in the same area.
A couple of noteworthy birds were at Calvert Vaux Park in Brooklyn
today. A female BLUE GROSEBEAK came up out of the high grasses in the
corner along the Six Diamonds ball fields fence near Shore Parkway.
Later, an adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was on the baseball fields
in the same area.
A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW popped up from the scrub on the previously
cleared-now overgrown edge of the boat basin at Calvert Vaux Park
today around 1 PM. As I tried to track the bird I was distracted by
the calls of two WHIMBRELS, flying east up the creek, and
disappearing beyond the tree
A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW popped up from the scrub on the previously
cleared-now overgrown edge of the boat basin at Calvert Vaux Park
today around 1 PM. As I tried to track the bird I was distracted by
the calls of two WHIMBRELS, flying east up the creek, and
disappearing beyond the tree
A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW popped up from the scrub on the previously
cleared-now overgrown edge of the boat basin at Calvert Vaux Park
today around 1 PM. As I tried to track the bird I was distracted by
the calls of two WHIMBRELS, flying east up the creek, and
disappearing beyond the tree
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