New York Botanical Garden, Bronx Saturday November 16, 2019 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob
Highlights: Rusty Blackbird, Eastern Bluebird, Turkey Vulture, Ruby-crowned Kinglet. But notable by their absence: Tufted Titmouse, Red-breasted Nuthatch, White-breasted Nuthatch, Cooper's Hawk. We saw only one Black-capped Chickadee, and American Goldfinch numbers were lower than usual for the location at this time of year. Canada Goose - 25 flyovers in small migrating flocks Wood Duck - 2 (male & female) Twin Lakes Mallard - 21 Mourning Dove - 30 Great Blue Heron - 1 Twin Lakes Herring Gull - 5 flyovers Turkey Vulture - 2 flyovers Red-tailed Hawk - 3 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 3 Downy Woodpecker - male Boulder Bridge Hairy Woodpecker - female Forest American Kestrel - flyover Crab Apple Slope to Fordham Road Pines Blue Jay - 5 Crow - silent flyover Black-capped Chickadee - 1 at the Swale Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2 (Boulder Bridge & Crab Apple Slope) Eastern Bluebird - 2 Native Plant Garden Hermit Thrush - 3 American Robin - 50 Cedar Waxwing - flock of 15 House Finch - 5 American Goldfinch - 10-15 Chipping Sparrow - Native Plant Garden Song Sparrow - 4 Swamp Sparrow - 3 White-throated Sparrow - 50-75 Dark-eyed Junco - 15-20 Red-winged Blackbird - 40-50 Common Grackle - 1 at Swale & flyover flock of 10 Rusty Blackbird - 1 female at the Swale Northern Cardinal - 3 Deb Allen Follow us on twitter @BirdingBobNYC & @DAllenNYC -- 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/ --
