5/10/10 - Rockefeller State Park Preserve, Pocantico Hills, NY
Time: 3:45pm to 7pm
Observers: Andrew Block
6 Black Vultures
3 Turkey Vultures
2 Canada Geese
9 Mallards (incl. 5 ducklings, w/ one melanistic ind.)
2 Red-tailed Hawks
1 Wild Turkey
3 Mourning Doves
several Chimney Swifts
2 Red-bellied Woodpeckers
1 Hairy Woodpecker
1 Northern Flicker
1 Pileated Woodpecker
2 Red-eyed Vireos
several Warbling Vireos
4 Blue Jays
2 American Crows
several Tree Swallows
2 Northern Rough-winged Swallows
several Barn Swallows
2 Tufted Titmice
2 Carolina wrens
1 House Wren
3+ Blue-gray Gnatcatchers
4 Veerys
1 Swainson's Thrush
6+ Wood Thrushes
many American Robins
many Gray Catbirds
several European Starlings
5+ Blue-winged Warblers
3 Northern Parulas
4+ Yellow Warblers
2+ American Redstarts
1 Worm-eating Warbler
1 Northern Waterthrush
1 Common Yellowthroat
2 Scarlet Tanagers (one seen for 5 minutes at ca. 20ft)
1 Eastern Towhee
3 Song Sparrows
1 Northern Cardinal
2 Rose-breasted Grosbeaks
4+ Red-winged Blackbirds
several Common Grackles
4+ Brown-headed Cowbirds
3 Orchard Orioles
many Baltimore Orioles
5 House Sparrows
Andrew
Andrew v. F. Block
Consulting Field Biologist & Eco-tour Leader
37 Tanglewylde Avenue
Bronxville, Westchester Co., New York 10708-3131
Phone: (914) 337-1229; Cell: (914) 886-5124; Fax: (914) 771-8036
"When the last individual of a race of living things breathes no more, another
heaven and another earth must pass before such a one can be again..." - William
Beebe, first Curator of Birds, Bronx Zoo
"Crikey! Have a look at that!" - Steve Irwin, The Crocodile Hunter
"Just like the white winged dove sings a song, sounds like she's singing whoo,
baby...whoo...said whoo" - Stephanie L. Nicks, Edge of 17, Bella Donna
--
NYSbirds-L List Info:
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES
ARCHIVES:
1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html
2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html
3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L
Please submit your observations to eBird:
http://ebird.org/content/ebird/
--
