I spent most of the morning at the Big John's Pond blind at Jamaica Bay. The diversity and number of migrants are greatly reduced from last week, with Blackpolls being the only definite passage warblers observed. Both cuckoos (Black-billed seen quite well!) and both night-herons in adult plumage were welcome additions to the day total. Many local species are raising young, and the stars of the today's show were the nesting Barn Owls. They were far more active and visible than they've been on my previous visits to the refuge, and there's at least one fuzzy owlet in the box. A quick jaunt over to the West Pond turned up Clapper Rail, Peregrine, and more water birds. Check the checklist for photos.
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S29836183 Cheers! -Tim H -- 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/ --
