I led my monthly walk at Wave Hill this morning, and although migratory songbirds were sparse (perhaps due to NW winds), we had some nice sightings: a third-year Bald Eagle, being dive-bombed by a Great Black-backed Gull, which looked petite in comparisonA large V of Double-crested Cormorants, headed north over the Hudsona Common Raven, flying across the Hudson and headed east, which did a barrel-roll as it flew overheadA pair of calling Fish CrowsAn Osprey, flying up the HudsonPalm and Pine WarblersBoth kinglet species I also forgot to report it in a timely fashion, but yesterday in Prospect Park, in addition to tons of Pine Warblers (probably close to 20 around the Lullwater), Palm Warblers, Yellow-rumped Warblers, both Kinglets, and several Brown Creepers, I had a lovely FOS Yellow-throated Vireo right near the Boathouse, gleaning the leaf-buds in a sugar maple. It looks like there's one record from April 8 on eBird, but otherwise this is pretty early for this species. Spring! Gabriel WillowNYC Audubon --
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/ --
