Late post from 4/6 Quiet in both Rockefeller and Edith Read, but the trails were dry and walkable and the snow is gone.
Rockefeller State Park Coopers Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Tree Swallows- There were several, claiming their nest boxes. Northern Flicker (several) Eastern Phoebes (several) Golden-crowned Kinglets (few) Red-winged Blackbirds - Flock of females in the wet areas. White throated Sparrow Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Red-bellied Woodpecker White-breasted Nuthatch Tufted Titmouse Common Grackles Double-crested Cormorant Bufflehead Turkey Vulture Canada Goose American Robin European Starling Canada Goose Edith Read, Rye Brown-headed Cowbird Black-capped Chickadee Red-breasted Merganser Common Goldeneye Bufflehead Red-winged Blackbird Common Grackle Downy Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker Ring-billed Gull Hering Gull Northern Cardinal Song Sparrow House Sparrow European Starling American Robin Canada Goose Mallard Jack Rothman cityislandbirds.com -- 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/ --