Re: [nysbirds-l] Alley Pond Park

[TURNER]

what frogs were they?

> On March 26, 2021 at 5:12 PM "Jaklitsch, Mike"  mailto:mjakl...@estee.com > wrote:
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> Short afternoon walk yielded 5 FOS Phoebe, 3 GC kinglets, a Sapucker and 
> an amazing chorus of frogs at Decadon Pond
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[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond Park

[Jaklitsch, Mike]

Short afternoon walk yielded 5 FOS Phoebe, 3 GC kinglets, a Sapucker and an 
amazing chorus of frogs at Decadon Pond
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[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond Park

[Jaklitsch, Mike]

A short walk this morning was fairly productive with 10 species of warblers 
including a Blue Winged & Hooded.  Other highlights included three species of 
thrush and flyover Raven & C. Loon

Mike Jaklitsch
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[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond Park, Queens

[Jaklitsch, Mike]

Area around Decadon Pond had decent diversity this morning with three 
highlights among about 12 species of warblers in 45 min: Chestnut-sided, 
Blackburnian and Cape May.  First heard, then seen  in each case.

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[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond Park Black Vultures, Yellow-throated Warbler

[Steve Walter]

The Black Vulture "assault" on Long Island continues. A group of three was
seen from the hawk observation post at APEC, but looking way to the south. I
heard that one BV, presumably part of that group was seen through the canopy
in the vicinity of where a Yellow-throated Warbler was found. That would be
around the weather station, which is near the adventure course. I looked for
it several hours later, and had little trouble finding it, as it sang high
in the trees there. So perhaps it will hang in at the same location.   

 

Another interesting moment was seeing a large brown bird descending below
the tree line on the east side of Alley Creek. The destination appears to
have been the small wooded pond near the Douglaston train station. While I
couldn't get a definitive look, it seems like the earmark of an American
Bittern. 

 

Delving into various other groups, the advance of spring was evident at APEC
in the form of first of season Green Darner, Italian Wall Lizard, and Mud
Fiddler Crab.

 

 

Steve Walter

Bayside, NY


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[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond Park, Queens -Golden-winged Warbler

[Jeffrey Ritter]

Same individual from last week.  By steps near Little Alley Pond.

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[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond Park

[syschiff]

Alley {Pond Park 28 April

Joe Giunta, Debbie Martin and I (Sy Schiff) started at the upper parking lot. 
This was the first truly lovely spring day. Our first notable bird (ignoring 
lots of Robins and House Sparrows) was a singing Yellow Warbler, the first of 
10 warblers for the day; namely, 2 Ovenbird, 5 Northern Waterthrush, 
12,Black-and-white Warbler, 1,Nashville Warbler, 2,Common Yellowthroat, 
5,Northern Parula, 4,Yellow Warbler, 1,Pine Warbler, 50,Yellow-rumped Warbler, 
1,Prairie Warbler.

Other arrivals included Veery, Wood Thrush, House Wren, Blue Gray Gnatcatcher, 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Gray Catbird and Eastern Towhee. A half dozen Rusty 
Blackbirds and the Great Horned Owl continue.

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[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond Park 8/27 AM including Lawrence's hybrid

[Peter Reisfeld]

While not exactly hopping, there were clearly more migrants at Alley Pond park 
today than on my 2 previous jaunts this fall season. I saw 8 species of warbler 
including Canada, BT green and a remarkable 7 chestnut-sided warblers in 
various locations within the park.  But the highlight was a male Lawrence’s 
hybrid warbler in a poorly accessible area at the southern end of the Acadaian 
kettle.  Documenting photos are on my ebird list: 

http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S31270784
  
For those who wish to try, from Vanderbilt motor parkway take the short 3 or 4 
step stairway (with the Caution sign at the top) up to the asphalt path that 
parallels the parkway just north of it.  There you can look down into a deep 
kettle hole with a stand of Aralia at the bottom. The bird (along with a couple 
of chestnut-sideds) was in this area. 

Good luck and good birding,

Peter
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[nysbirds-l] alley pond park, queens, ny

[Rick & Linda]

Alley pond park
Little alley pond

Blue-winged warbler,

American Redstart.

Yellow warbler

Rufous-sided Towhee

Cat birds in nuptial display.

Also the usual set of bird suspects and many families enjoying the week from 
school and BBQing, diversity of food very impressive. Yum Yum

Rick & Linda
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[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond Park, Queens

[syschiff]

Joe Giunta, Debbie Martin and I (Sy Schiff) birded Alley Pond Park in Queens 
this morning under mixed clouds and sun. As we left the upper parking lot, a 
TURKEY VULTURE soared over. .A good start, but birding thereafter was slow and 
few birds were in evidence except for American Robins which were everywhere. 
The woods held a YELLOW-BELLIED WOODPECKER along with more common woodpeckers, 
Chickadees and Titmice. The only warbler was a single very pretty  PALM WARBLER 
(our FOY). At the kettle ponds we found 10 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS along with a mix of 
other blackbirds..

Sy

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[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond Park

[syschiff]

Alley Pond Park 11Sept

After the rain and, hopefully, an anticipating change in bird movements, Joe 
Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) spent this morning looking for warblers and found a 
disappointing total of 3, one each Blackpoll, Redstart and Black-and-white. 
Migrants were also absent. Nice walk ad good company as always.

A number of the better birding side trails in the park are now fenced off with 
plantings in the middle of the paths (of obliterate them).. The notice says 
this is to eliminate confusing paths for visitors.  Of course, better trail 
markings on existing paths might help. 

Sy

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[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond Park, Queens

[Jeffrey Ritter]

There was an uptick in the numbers and variety at Alley Pond this morning. 
Highlights inluded two, possibly three PHILADELPIHA VIREOS, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, 
a likely YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER. Warblers included TENNESSEE, BLACKPOLL and 
BLACKBURNIAN and others.

The Phillies were in the trees along the field edge north of the handball 
courts where they appear almost every Septmber.

Jeff Ritter
Little Neck, NY
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[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond Park, Kissena and Big Egg Marsh, Queens NY

[Cesar Castillo]

When I first entered Alley this morning it was relatively quiet, but as time 
wore on activity picked up.  I suppose the birds were falling out of the sky as 
the weather got wetter.  
at Alley I saw
3 Lincoln's Sparrows (1 by each of the two parking fields and one by where the 
Kentucky was spotted last Saturday)
2 Canada Warblers
1 Worm-eating Warbler
1 Yellow-throated Vireo
3-4 Blackpoll Warblers
9-12 Chestnut-sided Warblers
and a few Black-throated Blue's. 
As well as large numbers of Magnolia, Redstarts, Yellow-rumped, Yellow, Parula, 
Black-and-White, BT Green, Ovenbirds, N. Waterthrushes, 2 Palm Warblers, 1 
Blue-winged, 
A good number of Scarlet Tanagers, Orioles and Rose-breasted Grosbeaks.  Lots 
of Red-eyed and Blue-headed Vireos. 

At Kissena there were Bobolinks (at least 12) first reported by Gina Goldstein 
in the Velodrome.  I also found 1 Nashville Warbler, 1 Prairie, and 2 bright 
blue Indigo Buntings.

At Big Egg Marsh of note (at least for me) were I think 2 Clapper Rails, still 
trying to ID the photo having never seen either Clapper nor King Rail before I 
just want to make sure of what they are.  See photo below
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César Andrés Castillo Diaz Perdomo Perez
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[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond Park and Jamaica Bay

[JGIUNTA746]

Date: May 9, 2014
 
The NYC Audubon "Peak Day" migration walk recorded 89 species.Some members  
of the group even saw more. We visited both Alley Pond Park in Queens and  
Jamaica Bay. Some highlights were:
 
Warblers (15 species)   Parula, Yellow, Chestnut-sided, Magnolia,  BT Blue, 
Yel-rump, BT Green, Blackpoll, B&W, Redstart, Blue-winged,  Ovenbird, 
N.Waterthrush, C.Yellowthroat (all seen at Alley Pond)
 
Vireos (4 species) Warbling, Red-eyed and at Jamaica Bay Blue-headed,  
White-eyed
 
Owls; Great Horned and Barn
 
Flycatchers: Gt. Crested, E.Kingbird, Eastern Wood Pewee
 
Shorebirds: Dunlin, Oystercatcher, Spotted and Least Sandpipers
 
Big and colorful: S.Tanager, RB Grosbeak, B. Oriole
 
other birds: Rusty Blackbird, RT Hummingbird, Swamp Sparrow, Tri-colored  
Heron
 
A great bird to be birding.
 
Joe Giunta
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[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond Park - May2nd

[Cesar Castillo]

This morning's activity deserves a proper write up.  I began birding the tulip 
tree trail which is an asphalt trail connecting Oakland lake to Alley Pond Park 
forest.  It was nice to hear woodthrush and blue-winged warbler. American 
Redstarts were around also.  I moved on to Alley Pond Park south of the LIE.  
It was a bonanza.  The first half hour yielded 1 Blackburnian, 1 Hooded, and 1 
Worm-eating, as well as the more common warbles, all in good healthy numbers.  
By the time I was done with the park, there were two Hooded warblers (one near 
the entrance by the school and one along the edge of the baseball fields by the 
entrance near the grand central), two blackburnians together foraging near the 
ground the entire time (second found by another birder), 2 Nashvilles, 
Magnolias, Parulas, Prairie's etc... totaling 19. I feel I should report a 
possible Kentucky Warbler, I heard the song of one but it only sang once.  It 
was located in a section of
 the park close to where the grandcentral and Cross Island pkways intersect. 
See list below for highlights (59 species all together!)

Black-and-white Warbler - 50+
Ovenbird - 40+
Prairie Warbler-5

American Redstart - ~20
Blue-winged Warbler - 3
Yellow-warbler -3
Common Yellowthroat-4
Black-throated Green Warbler - 15-20
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 15-20
Northern Parula -15-20
Chestnut-sided Warbler -10-15
Blackburnian Warbler -2
Black-throated Blue Warbler -50-60
Hooded Warbler -2
Worm-eating Warbler-1
Palm Warbler- 20-30
Nashville Warbelr-2
Magnolia Warbler -4
Northern Waterthrush -8

Wood Thrush -7
Catbirds - ~80
Kingbird-5

Warbling Vireo-4
Great-crested Flycatcher-2
Chipping Sparrow-6
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher-7
Savannah Sparrow-4
Rose-breasted Grosbeak -3
Hermit Thrush -10
Veery-2

Orioles - 5

Blue-headed vireo-15-17




 
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[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond Park

[syschiff]

Alley Pond Park 25 April

Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) had an interesting day. It started with a singing 
HOUSE WREN and ended with a singing YELLOW WARBLER. Both posed for pictures and 
both were FOS birds for us.  In between, a bit slow. A dozen RUSTY BLACKBIRDS 
continue at several of the kettle ponds. A half dozen BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHERS 
were scattered about with 5 considered to be on suitable nesting territory. 
Also, 2 separate EASTERN TOWHEES were briefly singing.. AMERICAN ROBINS were 
everywhere as were WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS, the latter in much fewer numbers. 
These seamed to be the only confirmed migrants other tan the very few warblers. 
Other than the YELLOW WARBLER, a probable nester, there was a single PALM 
WARBLER and a single YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER.. 

But, it's good to be out.   Sy

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[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond Park

[syschiff]

Alley Pond Park 18 April

Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) went looking for migrants this morning on an 
overcast day, It was good to be out. What wasn't good was the birding. No 
warblers, but a single BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER at Little Alley Pond. The only 
other birds of interest were the continuing pair of GREAT HORNED OWLS and 4 
RUSTY BLACKBIRDS at the large kettle pond and 8 more on the lawn by the 
handball courts.

We drove into Valley Stream SP on the way home. A HERMIT THRUSH was feeding 
like a Robin on the lawn just off the parking lot. Otherwise the park was dead.

Sy

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[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond Park

[syschiff]

Alley Pond Park 7 Apr

Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) went looking for migrants this morning and found 
Robins and Robins and more Robins everywhere. The few new arrivals we saw were 
all in their finest plumage. A pair of CHIPPING SPARROWS and 3 EASTERN TOWHEES 
appeared stunning against the drab background under overcast skies. A few 
scattered PHOEBES were by the kettle ponds. Also, a single RUSTY BLACKBIRD was 
at the edge. Walking on, we encountered a pair of GREAT HORNED OWLS. 

Little Alley Pond still has a small cattail patch, but is now almost completely 
choked with phragmites. A small bit of open water held a single MALLARD. 
Elsewhere, we had  the usual suspects.

Sy

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[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond Park

[syschiff]

Alley Pond Park 17 Sep

Joe Giunta Debbie Martin and I (Sy Schiff) started at the Winchester Blvd 
Parking Lot (entrance under the parkway). We walked towards the trees along the 
far side of the ball field where we finding a PHILADELPHIA and RED-EYED VIREO 
and a RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET. The few warblers in the trees were doing a great 
job of hiding. From there we walked to Little Alley Pond (not much doing there 
either) and then to the cleared area by the 76th Ave Parking Lot on the far 
side of the park. There, in the trees and waste high weed edges, we had a fall 
out of birds.
In quick succession we saw among others SCARLET TANAGER, EASTERN PHOEBE, 
EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE, 4 species of Woodpeckers, CEDAR WAXWING and TUFTED 
TITMOUSE. Twelve species of Warblers included Nashville Warbler, Northern 
Parula, Chestnut-sided, Magnolia, Cape May, Black-throated Green, Bay-breasted, 
Blackpoll, Black-and-white Warblers, American Redstart, Ovenbird and Common 
Yellowthroat.

A nice finish for the morning.  Sy.

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[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond Park - Philly Vireo and more

[Donna Schulman]

Alley Pond Park was a good place to be this morning. I birded the park 8am
to 11am, with Ian Resnick and, at various times, Lisa, Steve Schellenger,
and Andrew Baksh. Though not super birdy, there were nice pockets of
warbler and other bird activity scattered throughout the park. The
highlight was a *Philadelphia Vireo, *seen by Ian, Steve, Andrew and myself
at Little Alley.

Warblers were seen at Little Alley, the Acadian Kettlehole, the north end
of Decadon Pond, and the green bins by the obstacle course. Species seen
included multiple American Redstarts, Nashville Warblers, and
Black-and-Whites, plus Black-throated Blues, Black-throated Greens,
Northern Parula, Magnolia, Common Yellowthroat,  Chestnut-sided, Palm,
Worm-eating, Blue-winged, Tennessee and Blackburnian Warblers (not all
warblers seen by me and Ian, the latter two were reported by Steve and
Andrew and they and Lisa may have seen additional warblers, if they would
like to chime in.)

In addition to the Philadelphia Vireo, Ian and I had a *Yellow-throated
Vireo* singing exuberantly at Decadon Pond, plus Warbling and Red-eyed. I
stopped by Alley later in the day for a quick walk-through on the way home,
and spotted a Least Flycatcher doing a soft "whit" call.

good birding,
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[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond Park Queens - 19 species of warblers ++

[Andrew Baksh]

Given the cold front and reports of a good number of migrating birds on the
barrier beach, a group of birders with the same thoughts on their mind,
that it could be a good day for migrants, converged at Alley Pond Park, in
Queens this morning.

After several hours of birding that took us well into the afternoon, our
accumulative tally for warblers was *19 species*.  Ed Becher had a possible
number 20 but did not feel he had a long enough look at a Worm Eating
Warbler for it to count, so we let that one go.

The warbler highlights included, *YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT*, *WILSON's
WARBLER*and possibly our toughest ID of the day, a 1st fall female
*BAY-BREASTED WARBLER*.

Other highlights included *YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER* and *PHILADELPHIA
VIREO*. The park was teeming with warbler activity this morning but by late
this afternoon when Eric Miller and I wrapped it up, it had gotten
extremely quiet.  Maybe tomorrow will see some new arrivals.  Observers
were :  Jessica, Gary Strauss, Ed Becher, Peter Reisfeld, Eric Miller and I.

Andrew Baksh
Queens, NY
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[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond Park: Wet but well warblered

[John Gluth]

Great South Bay Audubon's field trip this morning to Alley Pond was held under 
damp conditions which became downright wet by late morning. But the spirits of 
the nine participants were raised high and dry by the presence 
of 17 species of warbler, highlighted by Bay-breasted (1), Tennessee (1), 
Chestnut-sided (1), Prairie (1), and Nashville (1). Other notable migrants 
included 3 thrush species--Swainson's (2), Veery (2), and Wood (4-5);
Scarlet Tanager (3-4); and Great Crested Flycatcher. The area where the hottest 
action took place was west of Turtle and Decadon ponds, at the edge of the park 
near the school on 67th Avenue (see the "A" on the Google map of "Alley Pond 
Park"). Things had been a bit disappointing up until then. Full eBird checklist 
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[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond Park Queens 3-30...

[Andrew Baksh]

Not a single warbler seen or heard despite a long walk through the woods 
covering most of the Kaplan Trail and Kettle holes.  Of note were several Hairy 
Woodpeckers, American Goldfiches (some coming into nice color) and a flock of 
15 Rusty Blackbirds.

Perhaps, the best sight towards the evening was what I think to be a, Little 
Brown Bat that I thought was out a little too early, but seemed okay using 
echolocation to pick off insects near the handball courts.  I managed a few 
photos which I will post to my blog for anyone interested in taking a look.  
Still looking for that 1st Phoebe at Alley.

Good Easter Birding!

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[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond Park Queens - NOWA ++

[Andrew Baksh]

It was tough digging out land birds today in the face of windy conditions
that did not let up all day.  However, Eric Miller and I managed a few good
birds here and there.  Our highlights from Alley Pond Park were: *NORTHERN
WATERTHRUSH* (NOWA), a rather reluctant bird that provided a very brief
glimpse, but chipped away incessantly giving its presence away once we
heard it.  *GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET* (GCKI), *FIELD SPARROW* (FISP), as many
as two birds that also were reluctant to stay up in the winds.  *AMERICAN
TREE SPARROW* (ATSP), at least 3, but neither of them was the white-tailed
subject reported by Jeff Ritter yesterday.

*NO *sign of the ORANGE-CROWNED or the WILSON'S WARBLER that were recently
reported in the area, but it could be that the windy conditions and cold
kept them low and hidden.  Or, I'd like to think they continued on to
warmer grounds.

Good 2012 Birding!

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Queens, NY
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[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond Park - horned owl

[Jelly_Admn]

After unsuccessfuly seeing the Virginia's Warbler I headed toward the upper 
pond and rest station and saw a male Great Horned Owl  fly in and land on a 
tree over the path to the upper pond by the Grand Central.  He was witnessed by 
myself and Johan who was doing some macro work. 

Owl can be found by the tall trees over the restrooms
Jason

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[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond Park Virginia's Warbler update

[Jeffrey Ritter]

Just some more detail on Eric Miller's sighting of the Virginia's Warbler 
yesterday. At about 3:15 yesterday afternoon, Eric and I heard three soft chip 
notes low in the understory near a tangle of downed tree limbs at the spot 
Steve Walter describes below.

The chip notes sounded promising and we began to search the area. Eric saw the 
bird a minute or so later when it turned over a leaf on the forest floor. He 
got a good look of its upper body from approximately 25 feet away. As he 
related to me later, the bird has a gray back and a whitish breast with yellow 
spot on the upper breast. The most notable field mark is a bold eye ring. 
Unfortunately, I did not see the bird. My view may have been blocked by the 
understory plants and the bird was not moving. When Eric let down his bins to 
better describe where I should look, the bird disappeared.

This morning, as of 9:30 when I left the park, the bird had not been re-found 
despite the efforts of a number of good birders. As Steve said in his post, 
this is a very difficult bird to find. Hopefully, it will present itself again, 
this time long enough for a photo to be obtained.

Jeff Ritter
Little Neck, Queens

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[mailto:bounce-70618723-3714...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Steve Walter
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Subject: RE:[nysbirds-l] Virginia's Warbler

Eric Miller (aka the boy who cried wolf) called late today to say that he 
re-found the Alley Pond Park Virginia's Warbler (aka needle in a haystack). I 
quickly went to join him and Jeff Ritter, only to get the predictable result. 
This is a tough bird. Today's sighting was a few hundred yards away. Enter the 
park at 76th Avenue and Cloverdale Blvd., this time going left. Wind around the 
stone wall on the left to a spot just past a stack of smaller tree limbs. Of 
course, by tomorrow it could be somewhere else. It's worth a look in the 
plantings along Cloverdale Blvd. (where you enter the park), as they did 
attract a Parula later on.

Steve Walter

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[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond Park - Connecticut Warbler - and Oakland Lake, 9/17

[Donna Schulman]

The CONNECTICUT WARBLER found by Peter Reisfeld Saturday was refound by
myself and Ian Resnick this morning,8:00am, at the "Nutmeg Meadow", east of
the 76th Ave. parking lot.  It put in a brief appearance on one of the
small trees in the "meadow" and then went down into the mugwort.

There were nice areas of activity between the parking lot and the
ballfields, though not as much diversity as reported last weekend.  The
ballfields and wooded pond areas were, in contrast, very quiet. Highlights
included:

Ruby-throated Hummingbird (many)
Empidonax Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Red-eyed Vireo
House Wren
Carolina Wren
Veery
Black-and-white Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (at least 6)
Common Grackle

After, I birded Oakland Lake at mid-day, and found a good assortment of
birds, mostly at the far end.  Highlights were 2 Wood Ducks, a Pied-billed
Grebe, American Wigeon, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, another Empidomax
flycatcher, Red-eyed Vireo, Blue-headed Vireo (near the enhance), Ruby-crowned
Kinglet,a loud chipping Northern Waterthrush, Magnolia and Black-and-White
Warblers, Northern Parula, Common Yellowthroat, and at least 4
Rose-breasted Grosbeaks.
*
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A good fall birding day.

*
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*Donna L. Schulman
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From: Peter Reisfeld 
Date: Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 1:57 PM
Subject: [ebirdsnyc] Alley Pond Park Warblers including Connecticut 9/15 AM
To: Ebirds 


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I visited Alley this AM.  The ball field was so dead that I started to walk
back to my car to leave. Luckily I stopped at little Alley and had a flurry
of warblers including Blackburnian, Tennessee and Blue winged.  The rest of
the park was relatively quiet but just before leaving for real I stopped by
the mugwort meadow east of the 76St parking lot (knicknamed the Nutmeg
meadow by Eric Miller). In the low branches of a mature white oak tree just
north of the mugwort was an immature Connecticut warbler. Photo link
below:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/50403904@N03/7988945501/in/photostream/lightbox/

Warblers summary:
CONNECTICUT
Blackburnian
Tennessee
Blue winged
Blackpoll
Magnolia
Parula
Black and white
Black throated blue
Common yellowthroat
Redstart

Happy Fall Birding,

Peter

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[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond Park

[Luke Ormand]

I visited Alley Pond Park this morning between 6:45 Am and 9:00 Am.  It was
relatively quite and the amount of leaf coverage made finding birds by eye
quite difficult.  There were quite a few thrushes around (didn't get good
enough looks to determine which species) and the sounds of Ovenbirds,
Canada Warblers and Rose Breasted-Grosbeaks were prevalent throughout.  I
did find a Northern Parula that was nearly on the forest floor on the
Southside of the park near Kingsbury Ave.  A Tennesse Warbler was heard but
not seen near Clovefield Blvd.  I also noticed the nest of a Cardinal on
the south side of the Adventure Center in a tree about 6 feet off the
ground.  Photos of some of the birds can be seen here:
http://birdsoflongisland.blogspot.com/2012/05/alley-pond-park.html

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[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond Park - Spring Migrant

[Jeffrey Ritter]

Despite the dreary weather, a few hours in Alley Pond Park in Queens  
this afternoon produced a nice variety of birds. The hot spot was the  
area around Turtle, Decadon and Lilly Pad Ponds. Most of the  
following were observed in that area of the park:

Pine Warbler (numerous)
Eastern Phoebe (numerous)
Palm Warbler (1)
Hermit Thrush (1)
Brown Creeper (1)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (several)
Blue Gray Gnatcatcher
American Goldfinch (small flock)
Rusty Blackbird (1 or 2)
Field Sparrow (1)

I also stopped at the Alley Pond Environmental Center (APEC) on  
Northern Blvd to check for a Louisiana Waterthrush reported by Andrew  
Baksh this afternoon. Although I observed this bird yesterday evening  
after Eric Miller mentioned that he had found it at the pond a short  
distance west of APEC, I was unable to find it again at 4:30 PM. The  
bird may still be around though. I did see a second Palm Warbler at  
the pond and two Kildeer at the APEC parking lot.

Jeff Ritter
Little Neck, NY
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[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond Park, Forest Park and Fort Tilden Queens, NYC

[Joseph O'Sullivan]

Monday at the Alley Pond Environmental Center (APEC) in Queens, NYC I
spotted a blue-winged teal and a first of the year for me great blue
heron at the marsh restoration. There is a new walkway at APEC that
leads into the marshes and it should be a good spot for birding. The
old walkway was good. The Oakland Lake section of Alley Pond Park had
a pair of pied-bill grebes along with other waterfowl.

Forest Park at the Streck Pond was quiet yesterday with the highlight
being a pair of red-tail hawks and a yellow-bellied sapsucker.

Fort Tilden had a variety of waterfowl. The numbers of any one species
were low, but there were a variety of species, including three I had
not seen before. Most of the waterbirds were located around the
fisherman's parking lot. Some commercial fishing boats were dragging
along the shore in the eastern section of the park. I thought this
trawling might scare off the birds, but it seemed to push the birds
towards the shore around the western part of the park where I spotted
eiders, scoters, long-tailed ducks and loons.

Alley Pond Park:
Canada Goose  8
Mute Swan  2
Gadwall  12
American Black Duck  1
Mallard  19
Blue-winged Teal  1
Northern Shoveler  5
Lesser Scaup  2
Hooded Merganser  3
Ruddy Duck  9
Pied-billed Grebe  2
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Great Blue Heron  1
American Coot  4
Killdeer  2
Ring-billed Gull  1
Rock Pigeon  24
Mourning Dove  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Blue Jay  1
Black-capped Chickadee  1
American Robin  3
European Starling  2
Song Sparrow  4
White-throated Sparrow  6
Northern Cardinal  2
Red-winged Blackbird  9
Boat-tailed Grackle  1
House Sparrow

Forest Park:
Mallard  7
Red-tailed Hawk  2
Ring-billed Gull  1
Rock Pigeon  5
Mourning Dove  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Blue Jay  5
Black-capped Chickadee  1
Tufted Titmouse  4
American Robin  6
European Starling  2
Song Sparrow  1
White-throated Sparrow  4
Dark-eyed Junco  3
Northern Cardinal  2
Red-winged Blackbird  1
House Sparrow  1

Fort Tilden:
Common Eider  1
Surf Scoter  1
White-winged Scoter  1
Black Scoter  3
scoter sp.  10
Long-tailed Duck  3
Red-throated Loon  1
Common Loon  2
Northern Gannet  3
Ring-billed Gull  1
Herring Gull  5
Lesser Black-backed Gull  1
Great Black-backed Gull  4
gull sp.  20
Rock Pigeon  2
Downy Woodpecker  1
Fish Crow  2
Black-capped Chickadee  1
American Robin  5
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  8
Fox Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  2
White-throated Sparrow  2
Northern Cardinal  1
House Sparrow  2

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[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond Park & Hempstead Lake S. P. Birds (Queens/Nassau Counties)

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We started our morning at Alley Pond Park (APP) where we quickly found a Hooded 
Warbler, perhaps the same bird that has been there for the last week in the dry 
gullies on the west side of the Park. A Worm-eating Warbler was singing in the 
tops of the oaks just north of the athletic fields. We recorded our first  
Eastern Wood Pewee of the year calling in the same location as the Hooded 
Warbler. A singing Blackpoll Warbler conjured up the familiar "migration is 
ending" sensation. We totaled seventeen species of warblers for the park and 
four species of thrushes  - Wood, Hermit, Swainson's and Veery. We received a 
call that things were jumping at Hempstead Lake State Park and proceeded to the 
parking lot, where we were informed that a Tennessee Warbler was singing along 
the bridal path. It took a while to find it, but the bird started to vocalize 
again and we got some fairly good looks at it. Along the stream west of the 
picnic area we encountered a singing Louisiana Waterthrush, although all the 
other waterthrushes we saw at HLSP were Northerns. One of us had a very brief 
look at a singing Cape May Warbler found by birders earlier in the picnic area 
west of the restrooms. We added three species of warblers to our list from APP, 
Tennessee, Louisiana Waterthrush, and Magnolia Warbler, making twenty species 
for the day (we did not count the Cape May).

We had noticed fairly good numbers of White-throated Sparrows at the first two 
locations we visited, so it was not surprising when we arrived at West End and 
observed a total of 130 WTSP along the shoulders and median of the parkway. A 
single adult White-crowned Sparrow was with them. On the sandbar at the West 
End Marina was a Gull-billed Tern. Not having time to bird the median, we did 
not determine if West End experienced a migration similar to inland locales.

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[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond Park

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A half-day bird trip by Alula Birding & Natural History Tours this morning to 
Alley Pond Park produced some highlights with decent songbird diversity but low 
overall numbers.  Warbler highlights included hooded and blackburnian warbler 
but also parula, black-and-white warbler, chestnut-sided, american redstart, 
yellow, both black-throated green and blue warblers, and yellow-rumped warbler. 
Other songbirds included a few wood thrush and one veery, several male and 
female scarlet tanagers, several warbling vireos, several baltimore orioles, 
and a pair of rusty blackbirds. 

We ran into Mike Cooper at  the beginning of the trip who reported he had seen 
a yellow-throated vireo and a rose-breasted grosbeak; birds that Alula 
participants did not see (but it was nice to make acquaintances with Mike 
again!). 

One young owl remains on the nest. We also saw one of the parents perched about 
50 yards away northeast of the nest tree.

It was a delightful half-day of birding. 

John Turner
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[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond Park

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I spent a few hours birding Alley Pond Park this afternoon and had quite a few 
yellow-rumped warblers, two yellow warblers, a black and white warbler, two 
male parulas together (within four feet of the ground and within two feet of 
each other just west of the green metal storage bins where they store the 
adventure equipment), a few ovenbirds calling, one gnatcatcher, several 
towhees, chipping sparrows calling from several flowering cherries, and an 
amazing ruckus involving four woodpecker species (red-bellied, flicker, hairy, 
and downy) over, I assume, a nesting cavity although I could not find it. The 
male downy was quickly vanquished by a red-bellied, and flew off to the 
backside of a black cherry where it perched for several minutes. The other 
three species each involved pairs of birds, presumably mated pairs. They chased 
each other, flying around frantically, all the while vocalizing regularly for 
what I would guess was 5-7 minutes before the pair of red-bellied were the 
winners (although I'm not sure what they won!). Quite a show. 

The wood anemone are in full bloom. What a wonderful spring ephemeral 
wildflower.

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[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond Park

[Sy Schiff]

Alley Pond Park, Queens 18 April

Joe Giunta, Sam Jannazzo, and I (Sy Schiff) met at Hempstead Lake SP and after 
a short unproductive visit drove to Alley. We checked the progress of the 2 
GREAT HORNED OWL chicks on the nest, now approaching full size  The nest tree 
is adjacent to a marked trail with a stream of passers-by almost completely 
ignored by the youngsters.  A nearby adult was mobbed for a short time by 
Crows, but they soon tired and flew off.

In general birding was slow here also, but we did manage to see a few migrants 
in single to small numbers; namely:   YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, PINE WARBLER, PALM 
WARBLER,  BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER and a LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH on the edge of a 
kettle pond by the blue trail. Others of interest were were BLUE-HEADED VIREO, 
HERMIT THRUSH and EASTERN TOWHEE.

A FOY Yellow Warbler was in Hempstead before we assembled.

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[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond Park, Kissena Park, Flushing Meadow Corona Park and Fort Tilden

[Joseph O'Sullivan]

At Alley Pond Park in Queens NYC as Sy Schiff noted the kettle ponds
were iced over, but Oakland Lake has been ice free. On Wednesday and
Thursday There were a variety of ducks, including lesser scaup, ruddy,
gadwall, shovelers, black and mallards. Also present were coots and my
first of the year pied-billed grebe.

At Fort Tilden Queens NYC on Friday there was a lesser black-backed
gull. It was a lifer for me. It was feeding on a horseshoe crab next
to greater black-backed gulls which made identifying it easier. Also
present were red-breasted mergansers, a common loon and cedar
waxwings.

At Flushing Meadow Corona Park Queens NYC on Saturday were lots of
brants and above average for the park numbers of hooded and
red-breasted mergansers.

At Kissena Park Queens NYC this morning the highlight was sparrows,
including early spring arrivals field and chipping sparrows. Other
sparrows were swamp, fox (red), american tree, white-throated and
song.

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[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond Park, Queens

[Jeffrey Ritter]

Many good birds at Alley Pond Park again this morning. Of note was Philadelphia 
Vireo, seen well one early in the morning and two  around noon in the trees 
beyond  the handball courts just east of the green canister.

Other highlights seen by various observers include Blackburnian, Worm-eating, 
Tennessee, Bay-breasted and Canada Warblers, Mourning Warbler and Hooded 
Warbler.

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[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond Park

[Jeffrey Ritter]

Eric Miller and I birded Alley Pond Park this morning and between us found 
eighteen warbler and four vireo species. Eric had a brief look at a 
Yellow-breasted Chat at the "Acadian" kettle hole while I got the first looks 
in the early morning sun at Tennessee, Bay-breasted and Cape May Warblers in 
the Devil's Walking Stick just north of Little Alley Pond.

There were not only warblers in the trees. A Great Blue Heron perched for a 
couple of minutes above me in a tree on the path near Little Alley Pond.

A little later, Eric and I saw the immature Bay-breasted in the Devil's Walking 
Stick and were able to get very good views this morning to confirm the i.d. In 
addition Eric and I got great views of Cape May, Tennessee and Blackburnian. 
Later, in another area of the park we got an excellent look at an immature 
Blackpoll, nice to compare with the Bay-breasted.

A walk along the asphalt path on the east side of the park near the Cross 
Island Parkway (and some sphishing) produced looks at two Canada Warblers, a 
second male Cape May and a Philadelphia Vireo. The Philadelphia was a drab bird 
without much yellow. The small bill,  and tail and compact shape made the bird 
made for a clear i.d.

Warbling Vireo and a single Yellow-throated Vireo were singing. Northern Parula 
was easily the most abundant warbler species.

Did not get a chance to post yesterday, but many of the same species were 
present. Yesterday, Eric also got on a Mourning Warbler which I also had a 
brief unsatisfying look.

Here's the list of notable species:

Warblers:
Blackburnian
Cape May
Bay-breasted
Tennessee
Black-throated Blue
Black-throated Green
Ovenbird
Northern Parula
Chestnut-sided
American Redstart
Magnolia
Black and White
Nashville
Canada
Blackpoll
Common Yellowthroat
Northern Waterthrush
Yellow-breasted Chat

Vireos:
Red-eyed
Warbling
Yellow-throated
Philadelphia

Thrushes:
Wood
Veery

Herons:
Little Blue
Great Blue
Green

Others:
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Empid. Flycatcher (perhaps Least)
Eastern Wood Pewee


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[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond Park, Queens inc GWWA

[dm5078]

 

 
 Alley Pond Park, Queens
Monday August 22, 2010

Observers:  Eric Miller, Jean Loscalzo

 
A quick walk-about mid afternoon turned up several warblers and a raven.  Eric 
also had a R-B Grosbeak before I got there.

Highlights:
Eastern Wood PeeWee, COMMON RAVEN (seen and heard several times), Little Blue 
Heron, Yellow-shafted Flicker

Warblers (most seen in Little Alley):
GOLDEN-WINGED  (nice adult male)
Ovenbird
Black & White
Chestnut-Sided
American Redstart
Common Yellowthroat

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[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond Park- 18 species of warbler, 5-16-10

[Vinny Pellegrino]

I had a fabulous time birding Alley Pond Park this morning.  The park was alive 
with songbirds.  I tallied 18 species of warbler, however, from conversations 
with two other birders there was actually 21 species, but I only recorded 18.  
The best bird of the day for me was a terrific view of a close foraging 
Bay-breasted warbler at eye-level which happened to be the third(!) individual 
of this species.  Other birds of note were Solitary Sandpiper(1), Black-billed 
Cuckoo, Veery(3), Swainson's Thrush(9), Gray-cheeked Thrush(1), Wood Thrush(1), 
Red-eyed and Warbling Vireos, Scarlet Tanagers(4), Lincoln's sparrows(2), and 
Baltimore Orioles(5).  The Lincoln's sparrows were feeding in the brush 
bordering the rather large rain puddle just off the main trail.  Warblers 
present during my three hour stay included:

Nashville warbler- 2
Northern Parula- too numerous to count
Yellow warbler- 1 near pond
Chestnut-sided warbler- 3
Magnolia warbler- 17
Black-throated Blue warbler- 9
Yellow-rumped warbler- 6
Black-throated Green warbler- 4
Blackburnian warbler- 4
Bay-breasted warbler- 3
Blackpoll warbler- 8
Black-and-white warbler- 1
American Redstart- 21
Ovenbird- 9
Northern Waterthrush- 3
Common Yellowthroat- 4
Wilson's warbler- 1 male
Canada warbler- 5

The other reported warblers which I did not see included Cape May, Mourning, 
and a brief look at a Kentucky warbler.
 
Vinny Pellegrino
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[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond Park & JBWR (Queens Co.)

[ken feustel]

This morning at windy Alley Pond Park there was a decent variety of birds, and 
unlike previous visits, a few species made there way down to the lower reaches 
where they could be seen.  Our best bird was a female Summer Tanager  in the 
Oaks just north of the handball courts, near the Mel Kaplan dedication sign. We 
had seventeen species of warblers (no uncommon or rare species) as well. At 
JBWR in late morning  the wind had increased in velocity and most birds were 
keeping their heads down - nothing of significance to report.

Birds Seen By Others: Bob Kurtz reported seeing and hearing a Kentucky Warbler 
at Valley Stream State Park this morning. 

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[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond Park - Mourning Warbler

[Jeffrey Ritter]

I got a good look at a singing Mourning Warbler early this morning. The bird 
was just west of the Kaplan Trail near the junction with the Blue blazed trail 
where it heads east to Lily Pad Pond. The Mourning was seen by others later in 
the morning but was not heard or seen when a number of us checked for it at 
mid-day.

Thanks to Ken Feustel for reporting this bird yesterday.

Other highlights in Alley this morning include Worm-eating and Hooded Warblers.

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[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond Park & Jamaica Bay W.R. This Morning (Queens Co.)

[Ken Feustel]

I was starting to write this report when I heard the tragic news of Matt 
Bayer's passing. Long Island has lost not only an excellent birder but a first 
class naturalist - he will be missed.

There was a good movement of bird's this morning at Alley. Unfortunately, they 
were much easier to hear than to see. We chased an infrequently singing 
Kentucky Warbler off and on for nearly an hour west of the ponds without seeing 
him, finally losing him in the woods west of the Mel Kaplan (look for sign 
dedication south of the paved path) Trail. Also present was a singing Mourning 
Warbler in the woods west of the Kaplan Trail. Other birds present in good 
number were Scarlet Tanagers, Baltimore Orioles, and Blackpoll Warblers. FOS 
birds for us were Black-billed Cuckoo, Eastern Wood Pewee, and Least Flycatcher.

At JBWR there were about seven species of warblers in the Garden, and a singing 
Yellow-throated Vireo about midway between the North and South Gardens. The 
West Pond held about six species of waterfowl and not much else.

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[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond Park, Queens

[JGIUNTA746]

Date: March, 24,2010
Place: Alley Pond Park, Queens, NY
 
Sy Schiff and I (Joe Giunta) did some morning birding at Alley Pond. We saw 
 one Rusty Blackbird and five Eastern Phoebes. Also present were all the  
regulars: Downey WP, Red-bellied WP, Flicker, Brown Creeper etc. The park 
seems  to have withstood the recent rainstorms pretty well.

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[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond Park

[Sy Schiff]

Alley Pond Park 14 Sep

Joe Giunta, Pat Jones and I (Sy Schiff) spent the morning amidst a dearth of 
birds.  Hopefully it is attributable to unfavorable weather patterns and 
birding will improve. 

But, of course there are always things of interest. Today was our first fall 
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW.  A half dozen thrushes (sans Robin) were represented by 
four species, WOOD, VEERY, SWAINSON'S AND GRAY-CHEEKED (non Bicknell's type ). 
Some hummingbirds still remain feeding on the spotted jewelweed.

Warblers included 7 common species. Total species about a scant 25. Beautiful 
day in a lovely park.

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Alley Pond Park

[John Askildsen]

hi all-this is somewhat off topic. but i thought it is worth mentioning that the 'devil's walking stick', (a native to the appalachians) that the birds and birders love so much, is in fact not devil's walking stick', as i have come to find out some years ago. it is 'japanese angelica tree'. a non-native invasive, from asia, as the name suggests. not sure how far northward its range extends, but i personally have seen it as far north as the mid-hudson valley. jpaJohn AskildsenMillbrook, New YorkOn Aug 31, 2009, Sy Schiff  wrote: Alley Pond Park 31 AugustJoe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) birded Alley Pond Park this morning for several hours. We saw a mix of mostly breeding/resident birds (some of which, of course, may be migrants). The most interesting was more than a dozen RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS. The Spotted Jewelweed was in full bloom everywhere, the most probable attraction for this species.The Devil's Walking Stick, now beginning to display berries, appeared to be the main attractor for the eight species of warbler we saw, namely: Northern Parula,Magnolia WarblerBlack-throated Blue WarblerBlack-and-white WarblerAmerican RedstartOvenbirdCommon YellowthroatCanada WarblerOther birds included several Wood Thrush and Veery and an interesting silent Empidonax Flycatcher. Sy

[nysbirds-l] Alley Pond Park

[Sy Schiff]

Alley Pond Park 31 August

Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) birded Alley Pond Park this morning for several 
hours. We saw a mix of mostly breeding/resident birds (some of which, of 
course, may be migrants). The most interesting was more than a dozen 
RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS. The Spotted Jewelweed was in full bloom everywhere, 
the most probable attraction for this species.

The Devil's Walking Stick, now beginning to display berries, appeared to be the 
main attractor for the eight species of warbler we saw, namely:
Northern Parula,

Magnolia Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Black-and-white Warbler

American Redstart

Ovenbird

Common Yellowthroat

Canada Warbler



Other birds included several Wood Thrush and Veery and an interesting silent 
Empidonax Flycatcher.



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http://ebird.org/content/ebird/
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