I spent a good 4 hours in the morning starting from around 7:30 a.m. birding Jamaica Bay, both East and West ponds and the North and South Gardens. Egrets and Herons, including Tri-colored continue in good numbers. On the West Pond shores, I had *5 Pectoral Sandpipers*; an increase of 3 from the 2, I had on Sunday with Tom Burke and Gail Benson. Other highlights included a *Cliff Swallow* over at the East Pond, multiple Yellow Warblers, Blue-gray Gnatcatchers and Blue-headed Vireos in both the North and South Gardens.
Later at Prospect Park, thanks to a very hospitable birder whose name I got as"Eni", I learned my way around the Lullwater Cove area. My search for yesterday's reported Brewster's Warbler was unsuccessful, but on my way out around the Lullwater area, I found a *Prairie Warbler*, that I was able to photograph. Other notables at Prospect included, Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, Blue-headed Vireos, Swamp Sparrows, Field Sparrow and both Kinglets. Finally at Forest Park, I birded for a bit with Corey Finger and we had multiple Pine Warblers, Hermit Thrushes, Rusty Blackbirds and Ruby Crowned Kinglets. In all three locations, Eastern Towhees and Yellow-rumped Warblers were in good numbers. Good Birding, Andrew Baksh Queens, NY www.birdingdude.blogspot.com -- 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/ --
