Despite the dreary weather, a few hours in Alley Pond Park in Queens this afternoon produced a nice variety of birds. The hot spot was the area around Turtle, Decadon and Lilly Pad Ponds. Most of the following were observed in that area of the park:
Pine Warbler (numerous) Eastern Phoebe (numerous) Palm Warbler (1) Hermit Thrush (1) Brown Creeper (1) Golden-crowned Kinglet (several) Blue Gray Gnatcatcher American Goldfinch (small flock) Rusty Blackbird (1 or 2) Field Sparrow (1) I also stopped at the Alley Pond Environmental Center (APEC) on Northern Blvd to check for a Louisiana Waterthrush reported by Andrew Baksh this afternoon. Although I observed this bird yesterday evening after Eric Miller mentioned that he had found it at the pond a short distance west of APEC, I was unable to find it again at 4:30 PM. The bird may still be around though. I did see a second Palm Warbler at the pond and two Kildeer at the APEC parking lot. Jeff Ritter Little Neck, NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm 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/ --
