Great to hear! And yay! Chat I thought he left. But Steve Schellenberger
told me they are notorious hiders. He may be there for awhile. Happy Holidays
to all.
Elizabeth A. DiNapoli B.A., M.Ed.
Director of Clerkship Education
Physician Assistant Studies
School of Health Professions
New York Institute of Technology Old Westbury, NY 11568
516.686.3827 (w)
516.404.1984 (c)
> On Dec 25, 2016, at 4:57 PM, Peter Reisfeld wrote:
>
> Having done the Christmas bird count with Jeff Ritter last week, I decided to
> revisit the Kissena Park on Christmas day to see what was still around.
> While numbers were down a bit from last week, the Red-headed woodpecker
> continues to be an active presence, and can heard loudly rattling on the
> western side of the hill south of the lake.
>
> While looking for the winter wren seen last week at Eric Miller’s secret
> warbler spot north of the golf course, I was surprised to find a house wren,
> a pretty rare bird for late December. (And one which would have been a nice
> addition to the count last week. Oh well...)
>
> Then on my way home I stopped at the parking area north of the Plandome train
> station looking for the yellow-breasted chat. Having dipped on Thursday and
> not heard any further reports, I didn’t expect much. But when I arrived, he
> was sitting on top of a brush pile on the left of the path near the 5 door
> garage. And in typical chat fashion, he disappeared before I could take a
> photo.
>
> Good winter birding to all,
>
> Peter
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