On the City Island Birds walk today, we were treated to close looks of both adult and juvenile Red Headed Woodpeckers. Our group was splintered along the trail at one point during the walk, with approximately 7 people in each group. We believe there are two juveniles, since both groups were viewing a juvenile RH Woodpecker at different locations. There were experienced birders within each of the separated groups. In addition, some walkers attested to two adult RH Woodpeckers chasing each other. So there may be 4 of this species in this location. To reach the area, walk past the metal bridge at Turtle Cove until you reach the end of the wood chip trail. The area is quite birdy.
2 Red Headed Woodpeckers (at least 1 juvenile and one adult) 1 Brown Creeper 22 Song Sparrow 4 Snowy Egrets 3 Great Egrets 4 Common Raven 13 Ruby-crowned Kinglets 1 Black Duck (flyover) 8 Northern Flicker 6 Gray Catbird 36 American Robins 13 Yellow-rumped warblers 1 Northern Mockingbird 8 Downy Woodpecker 1 Carolina Wren 10 Swamp Sparrows 16 White-throated Sparrows 14 Red-bellied Woodpeckers 6 Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers 2 Eastern Phoebe 1 Peregrine Falcon 1 Pine Warbler 2 Blue-headed Vireo 1 Winter Wren 1 Hermit Thrush 2 Brown Thrasher 6 Red-throated Loons (flyover) 1 Brown-headed Cowbird 2 Double-crested Cormorant Jack Rothman cityislandbirds.com -- 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/ --
