I birded the landfill Saturday afternoon and had at least four Vesper Sparrow along the drainage ditch in the SW portion while walking east between the main parking lot and RV parking lot. The exact number was hard to say, since the birds were skittish and rarely out in the open. Some were flushed, simply because I couldn't see them, but a few record shots were submitted with my eBird report:
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S32055721 The birds were not present when I left that area, and I did not encounter them anywhere else during my two hour walk on the landfill. Savannah Sparrows and Palm Warblers were the most abundant migrating passerines. Croton is hosting the Thunderbird Games this weekend (a Boy Scouts event) so access to some parts of the park may be difficult, but there were a few parking spaces left in the main lot when I arrived. Karen Fung NYC On Sat, Oct 15, 2016 at 11:11 AM, Larry Trachtenberg < trachtenb...@amsllp.com> wrote: > First, what a beautiful fall morning. The very tip (Teller's Point) had a > really good flight of chickadees. I must have seen at least 30. Would > ascend pretty high and then alight seemingly repeatedly so hard to estimate > numbers but a lot. Not familiar with such a chickadee migration. Also blue > headed vireo, ruby and golden crowned kinglet, YR (many), blackpoll (a few) > and one Nashville warblers. A perched first year banded (green band but no > scope so could not read) peregrine at Nature Center, also a yellow bellied > sapsucker. The landfill looked hopping but Saturday errands and Ossining > Farmer's Market beckoned. > > L. Trachtenberg > Ossining > > Sent from my iPhone > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES > 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --