Excellent birding day at NYBG. We started out by chasing a TREE SPARROW that darted through the birches in the Native Plant Garden. A small flash caught our eyes and an ORANGE CROWNED WARBLER jumped up and then quickly down. Suddenly a flock of small birds flew by our heads landing in an adjacent tree- PINE SISKINS on every branch! There were PURPLE FINCH throughout the garden along with House Finch- more numbers than we have seen in many years. American Goldfinch were feeding in the sweet gum as were the Purple Finch and Siskins. Hawks were plentiful as we watched a skillful NORTHERN GOSHAWK maneuver through the forest trees. Down by the lake an AMERICAN KESTREL sat stop a tree. A sharp- shinned hawk and Cooper's hawk were also nearby. Red tailed hawks were perched on branches. A Belted Kingfisher rattled its presence midair as it circled the Twin Lake. The garden was full of birds, throughout.
Chipping sparrow-1 White throated-100+ Song sparrow-4 American Tree sparrow-4 Fox sparrow-3 Cardinal-10 Hermit thrush-6 Mallard-8 Belted kingfisher-1 Rusty blackbird-1 American Robin-15 Blue Jay-26 Pine Siskin-20+ House finch-21 Purple finch-6 Junco 200+ Red breasted nuthatch-1 White breasted nuthatch-3 Chickadee -5 Hairy woodpecker -1 Downy woodpecker -1 Red bellied woodpecker -1 Yellow bellied sapsucker -1 American kestrel-1 Cooper's hawk-2 Sharp shinned hawk-1 Northern goshawk-1 Red tailed hawk-3 Grackles 300+ Mockingbird-1 Red winged blackbird-1 Mourning dove-32 Special thanks to young birder Christopher. Good Birding, Debbie Becker BirdingAroundNYC.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/ --
