Hi All, Took a trip up to Sterling Forest/Harriman today. A beautiful (if a bit foggy at first) day to be out there. 90 species on the day.
I had 23 warbler species (with at least two more reported from Sterling this morning to the Mearnsbirdclub list), including at least 11 CERULEAN, 5 GOLDEN-WINGED, 10 WORM-EATING (an underestimate for sure, but I didn't count individuals), 14 HOODED, 4 BLACKBURNIAN, 3 BLACKPOLL, 1 CANADA, 7 PRAIRIE, 2 NASHVILLE, etc.. A pleasant surprise was a singing WINTER WREN about 0.5 miles SW of the Ironwood powerline cut in a mixed hemlock-deciduous ravine (take the trail from the apartments at the end of Ironwood Dr that goes up and over the cut and into the woods). When I got to the powerline cut at about 7 AM, two BARRED OWLS were calling to the west. Also a YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO along Old Forge Rd. I stopped at Tibbetts Brook Park in Yonkers on the way back to check in on the continuing GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, which has gotten considerably tamer since it appeared several months ago. There were some migrants around, including 1-2 BLACKPOLLS. Good birding! Benjamin Van Doren White Plains, 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/ --
