*NY County Highlights (Fall season): * Laughing Gull (3), Belted Kingfisher, Western Kingbird & Bobolink.
The Western Kingbird was spotted on the north side of Outlook Hill and was moving from Slide Hill to Grassy Hill. On the NYS eBird Hotspots page I've added a map in the 'Local Links' section showing the location of the hills at the south end of Governors Island. The ferry schedule can be accessed from the symbol of the ship below the bar charts table on the same page. First ferry is at 10am which is at South Ferry east of the Staten Island Ferry. http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Governors+Island *1st hour*: *13 spp.*; *2nd*: *+7*; *3rd*: *+3*; *4th*: *+4*; *5th*: *+0 (13 min.)* = *27 spp.* Full checklist & record shots of WEKI: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S39197442 -- Ben Cacace Manhattan, NYC Wiki for NYS eBird Hotspots <http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Birding+in+New+York> Facebook Discussion for NYS eBird Hotspots: Q & A <https://www.facebook.com/groups/NYeBirdHotspots/> -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --