I’ve established a daily sunset routine I call prison yard time - about two hours birding outside at my nearest park - Riverside below 96th, after a day working in my apartment cell. I’d already seen the early spring arrivals like Eastern Phoebes, Pine Warblers, and Golden-crowned Kinglets in previous weeks in Central Park - but I got my first Phoebe in Riverside Friday evening in a neat spot I just discovered, a sheltered puddle just south of the climbing rock behind the 83rd Street playground. Also noted the big influx of Song Sparrows and Slate-colored Juncos - over 50 of the latter dining on freshly-lain grass seed in the slope behind the Hippo Playground. Mixed among the Juncos were two Chipping Sparrows in breeding plumage.
Stay safe and healthy, Alan Drogin -- 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/ --
