Hempstead Lake SP 9 Apr Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) went looking for migrants this bright sunny morning . The rain followed by NW winds appeared to have moved everything out with little replacement. An OSPREY carrying a large fish flew north. A pair of WOOD DUCKS flew out of the inner pond. Other birds in the air were a few TREE SWALLOWS and a number of raucous FISH CROWS. A pair of CEDAR WAXWINGS, GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET, WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH, NORTHERN FLICKER, DOWNY, RED-BELLIED WOODPECKERS and EASTERN PHOEBE were in the trees along with various blackbirds. (No rusty today). Our FOS consisted of 3 HERMIT THRUSHES. Warblers consisted of 1 PINE WARBLER and 4 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS.
Jones Beach West End The breeding plumage HORNED GREBE continues in the boat basin. Few birds in the water. We traveled over to the turnaround where we found 2 RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, more EASTERN PHOEBES and unexpected, our first BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER. Sy -- 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/ --
