Alley Pond Park 25 April Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) had an interesting day. It started with a singing HOUSE WREN and ended with a singing YELLOW WARBLER. Both posed for pictures and both were FOS birds for us. In between, a bit slow. A dozen RUSTY BLACKBIRDS continue at several of the kettle ponds. A half dozen BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHERS were scattered about with 5 considered to be on suitable nesting territory. Also, 2 separate EASTERN TOWHEES were briefly singing.. AMERICAN ROBINS were everywhere as were WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS, the latter in much fewer numbers. These seamed to be the only confirmed migrants other tan the very few warblers. Other than the YELLOW WARBLER, a probable nester, there was a single PALM WARBLER and a single YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER..
But, it's good to be out. 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/ --
