Saw Mill River Audubon birders had an (unofficial) combined total of 118 species in our Westchester County-wide Birdathon/Global Big Day birding Fri 7pm-Sat 7pm with a total of 22 warbler species and several highlights.
*A temporary, combined eBird list of sightings by three teams is here:* http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S29669378 (Saw Mill River Audubon combined Birdathon/Global Big Day list.) *All sightings in separate, site-specific lists may be found under 5/13/2016 and 5/14/2016 *on the eBird checklist page for Westchester County: http://ebird.org/ebird/subnational2/US-NY-119/activity under birder names below. *Sightings by*: Elijah Goodwin (Rockefeller SPP); Larry Trachtenberg, Christine McCluskey, & others (Teatown); Anne Swaim, Debbie Van Zyl, John & Mary Cava & others (Marshlands Conservancy N to Ward Pound Ridge Reservation) Elijah Goodwin, the ornithologist doing an ongoing, multi-year nesting survey at Rockefeller State Park Preserve, had an unofficial total of 94 species with 20 warbler species, in RSPP alone, picking up six overall species not seen elsewhere by SMRA teams. The Teatown team picked up both yellow-billed and black-billed cuckoos as well as Golden-Crowned Kinglet. There was some good warbler action at Marshlands early am yesterday ncluding highlights of Bay-breasted and Blackburnian Warblers. The continuing Red-headed Woodpecker at Muscoot Farm was also seen yesterday. The Saw Mill River Audubon 2016 Birdathon proceeds will benefit the ongoing nesting study at Rockefeller State Park Preserve & Saw Mill River Audubon's bird education outreach. If this is something you'd like to support, donations still possible online here: http://sawmillriveraudubon.org/birdathon/birdathon-payment.html Excellent Westchester birding yesterday! Anne Swaim, Executive Director Saw Mill River Audubon www.sawmillriveraudubon.org -- 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/ --
