At Alley Pond Park in Queens NYC as Sy Schiff noted the kettle ponds were iced over, but Oakland Lake has been ice free. On Wednesday and Thursday There were a variety of ducks, including lesser scaup, ruddy, gadwall, shovelers, black and mallards. Also present were coots and my first of the year pied-billed grebe.
At Fort Tilden Queens NYC on Friday there was a lesser black-backed gull. It was a lifer for me. It was feeding on a horseshoe crab next to greater black-backed gulls which made identifying it easier. Also present were red-breasted mergansers, a common loon and cedar waxwings. At Flushing Meadow Corona Park Queens NYC on Saturday were lots of brants and above average for the park numbers of hooded and red-breasted mergansers. At Kissena Park Queens NYC this morning the highlight was sparrows, including early spring arrivals field and chipping sparrows. Other sparrows were swamp, fox (red), american tree, white-throated and song. -- 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/ --
