[nysbirds-l] Riverside Park & Central Park, NYC 9/19

[Tom Fiore]

Saturday, 19 September, 2009 - Riverside Park & Central Park,  
Manhattan, N.Y. City


The highlight of visits to each park was a young-of-the-year  
Connecticut Warbler at Riverside Park, near the "meadow" area north of  
the 118 St. tennis courts, around 5:45 p.m., after my late visit to  
the nearby "drip" area. A skulking bird in a part of the park that is  
not so much visited even by Riverside "regulars", it was in excellent  
view for only a few seconds, but at close range. Attempts to view it  
well again were foiled by the undergrowth including masses of poison  
ivy, including some large vines blocking narrow foot trails... an area  
with birds to be sure, but less than ideal for viewing in a number of  
ways, with steep slopes in the wooded area, mainly overgrown trails  
used by the homeless & other non-birders, & brambly vegetation in  
addition to the very healthy poison ivy.  A look at the meadow itself  
produced a few sparrows & wrens & some birds in the sun-lit trees,  
while the "drip" had a fair variety of more-common warbler species & a  
few other migrants. In surrounding woods and along the Drive there  
were more migrants, about a dozen warbler species in all on an  
afternoon visit.


At Central Park earlier, fairly good variety but not so many in  
overall numbers - this perhaps in part due to a fairly prominent  
flight continuing from the night before thru the early morning, with  
some land-bird species still moving south well into mid-morning as  
seen headed out and over the city to the south & west of Central's  
same boundaries - among the most obvious of these were Northern  
[Yellow-shafted] Flickers, which flew in the hundreds, but also  
included icterids such as blackbirds, orioles and a few bobolinks, &  
also a number of small passerines with warblers & others among. I was  
unable to relocate either Y.-b. Chat seen a few days ago.


A hawk flight developed as well and I found viewing conditions  
difficult with a very clear blue sky - some Broad-winged Hawks were  
seen by simply laying on a lawn (at the park's north end) & putting  
the binoculars up to the sky for a while, with a few other raptors  
also seen that way: Osprey, Sharp-shinned Hawks; these all seen in the  
11-noon period.  At least 19 species of warbler were found in the park  
today including the Hooded & Mourning Warbler[s] that other birders  
saw in the Ramble area; I saw at least 17 other warbler species in the  
n. end, and only a few of the species seemed relatively numerous. A  
couple of Lincoln's Sparrows were the highlights for that group with  
more Chipping, Swamp, & White-throated arrived. Flycatcher diversity  
may have diminished somewhat with fewer Empidonax and no E. Kingbird  
(that I saw), while E. Phoebe increased.


There has been a fair amount of weather conducive to good migration  
(meaning good for the migrants, not always good for urban birders)  
over the past few weeks, probably allowing many migrants to head for  
their wintering grounds with less stopping off hereabouts than is  
sometimes seen. In other words just because birding may have seemed  
"slow" in some local patches does not equate to actual migration  
having slowed... perhaps quite the contrary!


Good birding,

Tom Fiore,
Manhattan
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[nysbirds-l] Central Park, Sat. 19-Sep-2009 incl. raptor flyovers

[Ben Cacace]

Date: Saturday, 19 September 2009 (8:45a-5:15p)
Location: Central Park - south end to the reservoir
Observers: many including Dan Weaver & Irving Cantor
Reported by: Ben Cacace

The list below is based on the Central Park checklist. I'm starting to pull
away from the seasonal abundance checklists. They don't work well when it's
near the beginning / end of a season or if the checklist is well out of
date.

It was a day with clear blue skies so I thought I wouldn't be looking for
migrating hawks but I was drawn to the area around Belvedere Castle around
3pm. I didn't expect much. Getting a bead on a high flying raptor in clear
blue skies is more difficult than in a sky with clouds that offers a bit of
contrast and something to focus on.

The effort paid off. Within 10 minutes I had a raptor in the binoculars
only. Nothing was visible naked eye. Within seconds the unique wingbeat and
dihedral exhibited by this raptor made the ID fairly easy even before the
brilliant white rump became visible. It was the only Northern Harrier for
the watch.

Twenty minutes after this a fairly low, clearly naked eye raptor, was
spotted heading west. It was very dark and large and one look through the
binoculars showed it was an adult Bald Eagle. Following the eagle a short
distance was an Osprey that was also obvious naked eye. I thought to point
out the eagle to the crowd but I didn't think it was low enough to impress.

As I followed the Osprey it drifted into a small group of circling
Broad-winged Hawks. This small group grew into a larger group of 80+
Broad-winged Hawks circling directly above the castle. When I pulled the
binoculars away the kettle was not obvious naked eye. When I focused on the
Osprey only then did the subtle forms of the BWs come through.

Small groups of BWs were seen over the next hour but no group had more than
9 individuals.

Another Osprey passed through shortly after 4pm.

Weather for 19-Sep in Central Park (time) < http://tinyurl.com/lsd62p >:
- Conditions: Clear
- Temperature: 53.1 to 69.1 F (12 to 19 C)
- Wind direction: variable changing to NW between 3 and 4 o'clock
- Wind speed: 3-7 mph (no gusts)

** Total species - 45 **

Abundance categories below from 'An Annotated Checklist: The Birds of
Central Park'.

'Less Common' migrants [13 spp]:
- Gadwall - 30+ incl. 23 on Turtle Pond & 7 on the reservoir
- Pied-billed Grebe - 1 on the reservoir
- Turkey Vulture - 1 flyover seen from Strawberry Fields ~10:45a
- Osprey - 2 flyovers from Belvedere Castle 3:34p & 4:03p
- Bald Eagle - 1 adult flyover from Belvedere Castle ~3:30p
- Northern Harrier - 1 flyover seen from Belvedere Castle ~1:20p
- Broad-winged Hawk - 95+ from Belvedere Castle between 3:35-4:35p
- Solitary Sandpiper - 1 around the Oven in the Ramble
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Several (8+)
- Black-capped Chickadee - Several (2+)
- Brown Thrasher - Several (6+)
- Swamp Sparrow - 1 in the Oven in the Ramble
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak - Several (3+)

'Common' migrants [18 spp]:
- Double-crested Cormorant - 18 on the reservoir
- Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1 over Bow Bridge
- Chimney Swift - 7 flyovers from Belvedere Castle
- Northern Flicker - Many (20+)
- Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1 over Maintenance Meadow
- House Wren - 1 at the south end of the park
- Swainson's Thrush - Several (2+)
- American Robin - 75+
- Gray Catbird - 6+
- Northern Parula - Several (3+)
- Magnolia Warbler - Several (6+)
- Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 adult male along the Gill in the Ramble
- Black-and-white Warbler - Several (3+)
- American Redstart - 6+
- Ovenbird - 2, Strawberry Fields and the Locust Grove
- Common Yellowthroat - 12+
- White-throated Sparrow - Several (3+)
- Common Grackle - 24+

Year round residents [14 spp]:
- Canada Goose - 3 incl. 2 on the Lake and 1 on the reservoir
- Mallard - 75+
- Red-tailed Hawk - 2 incl. 1 adult over Maintenance Meadow
- Ring-billed Gull - On the reservoir
- Herring Gull - On the reservoir
- Great Black-backed Gull - On the reservoir
- Rock Pigeon - 24+
- Mourning Dove - 24+
- Downy Woodpecker - Several heard (2+)
- Blue Jay - 12+
- Northern Mockingbird - 1 at the south end of the park
- European Starling - 12+
- Northern Cardinal - Several (7+)
- House Sparrow - 250+

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[nysbirds-l] 2 Lincoln's sparrows, European goldfinch

[Seth Ausubel]

Dave Klauber and I had a Lincoln's sparrow along the fence south of  
the golf course at Riis Park, and another in the Community Garden at  
Floyd Bennett Field.  A European goldfinch was also in the Community  
Garden at Floyd Bennett.  A bobolink was along the fence at Riis.   
Otherwise it was a slow morning.


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Forest Hills, NY




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[nysbirds-l] Yellow-breasted Chat at Robert Moses State Park (Suffolk Co.)

[Ken Feustel]

A slow morning at RMSP was enlivened by the brief appearance of a  
Yellow-breasted Chat at the volleyball courts on the east side of RMSP  
Field 2. Specifically, the bird was observed in the brushy area north  
of the sand roadway that leads to the volleyball courts.

Ken Feustel

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[nysbirds-l] NYS Young Birders Club

[Carena Pooth]

Below is a quick update on NYSOA's New York State Young Birders Club. Adult
readers, please encourage any young birders you know (and/or their parents)
to check it out at www.nysyoungbirders.org. And please consider joining as a
Supporting Adult member for 2010, and encouraging your local bird club to
become a Partner Organization if it isn't one already. We will gladly visit
local clubs that are interested to make a presentation about NYSYBC.
 
Thank you for your interest and support!
 
Carena Pooth
NYSOA / NYSYBC
 

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NYS Young Birders Club Marks One-Year Anniversary

 

One year ago, the New York State Young Birders Club (NYSYBC) was launched as
a special project of the New York State Ornithological Association. NYSYBC
provides a safe, vibrant community for birders aged 10-19, something that
was not available to earlier generations. The club's mission is to help
ensure the future of New York's birdlife by encouraging young birders to
pursue their passion and inspire others to do the same. During the past
year, many new friendships have formed among young members that found each
other through NYSYBC.

 

NYSYBC welcomes young birders of all skill levels, from beginner to
advanced. The club offers monthly field trips, a website, a newsletter,
birding-related email alerts, and an online forum. The club's trips, led by
knowledgeable local birders, offer young people the opportunity to enjoy a
wide variety of birding locations and experiences across the state. After
each trip, one young participant writes a report and another one submits the
species list for the day. These reports, as well as the schedule for future
trips, can be viewed on the club's website at www.nysyoungbirders.org
 . 

 

On NYSYBC's June trip, young birders had the chance to meet Rob Meyer, a
filmmaker whose current project is a feature length film in which the main
characters are teen birders. Rob enjoyed seeing NYSYBC's smart,
knowledgeable young birders in action--and learned a thing or two from them!

 

In May, club founder and President Hope Batcheller, age 17, organized and
led the Razorbills, a team of five NYSYBC Youth Members, at the annual World
Series of Birding event in New Jersey. The Razorbills' species total was
175, placing them 3rd in the youth division and 10th overall! The amazing
Razorbills (Hope Batcheller, Brent Bomkamp, Jacob Drucker, Brendan Fogarty,
and Benjamin Van Doren) also raised $1670 for NYSYBC. 

 

NYSYBC has enjoyed a terrific year since its first field trip in August
2008. Its Youth Members are becoming increasingly proficient and committed
birders and conservationists, and it is wonderful to see the friendships
they've developed. The club's growth and success are made possible only by
the young birders' enthusiasm and the active participation of parents,
Supporting Adult members, and NYSYBC Partner Organizations. 

 

For more information about NYSYBC and NYSOA, visit www.nybirds.org
  or email y...@n 
ybirds.org.


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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 18 September 2009

[Ben Cacace]

- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Sep. 18, 2009
* NYNY0909.18

- Birds mentioned

Red-shouldered Hawk
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
AMERICAN AVOCET
WHIMBREL
MARBLED GODWIT
White-rumped Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
Long-billed Dowitcher
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Black Tern
Royal Tern
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
American Pipit
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
CONNECTICUT WARBLER
HOODED WARBLER
Wilson's Warbler
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
Saltmarsh Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow

- Transcript

If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report electronically
and use the NYSARC online submission form found at
http://www.nybirds.org/NYSARC/goodreport.htm

You can also send reports and digital image files via email to
nysa...@nybirds.org.

If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or
sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to:

Jeanne Skelly - Secretary
NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC)
420 Chili-Scottsville Rd.
Churchville, NY  14428

Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert
Number: (212) 979-3070

To report sightings call:
Tom Burke (212) 372-1483 (weekdays, during the day)
Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126 (Long Island)

Compiler: Tom Burke, Tony Lauro
Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County

Transcriber: Ben Cacace

BEGIN TAPE

Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, September 18th
2009 at 9:30pm. The highlights of today's tape are AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER,
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, AMERICAN AVOCET, MARBLED GODWIT, WHIMBREL,
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER and Fall warblers including HOODED WARBLER,
CONNECTICUT WARBLER, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT and CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, LARK
SPARROW.

AN AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER was seen Tuesday at Plumb Beach in Brooklyn. Two
other AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS were heard calling in overhead passage on
Monday at Robert Moses State Park on Fire Island. Another 2 AMERICAN
GOLDEN-PLOVERS continue to be seen through Wednesday at the East Pond of
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge and a final single AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER was
found last Saturday at the sod fields on Route 51 at Eastport where a single
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER was also present.

A good number of shorebirds were seen Tuesday at the East Pond of Jamaica
Bay Wildlife Refuge including the aforementioned AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS
along with the 2 previously reported AMERICAN AVOCETS, 16 STILT SANDPIPERS,
6 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS and 6 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS.

A MARBLED GODWIT was present last Saturday and Sunday at the sand bar at the
Coast Guard Station area at West End Jones Beach.

The 2 WHIMBRELS at Drier-Offerman Park previously reported in Brooklyn were
still there today.

Twenty species of warblers including TENNESSEE WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER,
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, WILSON'S WARBLER and HOODED WARBLER were seen Tuesday
at Prospect Park Brooklyn along with an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER.

Five species of vireo (BLUE-HEADED VIREO, YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, WARBLING
VIREO, PHILADELPHIA VIREO and RED-EYED VIREO) and 25 species of warblers
were counted Wednesday in Central Park the best warbler being HOODED WARBLER
along with both species of cuckoo (BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO & YELLOW-BILLED
CUCKOO) an AMERICAN PIPIT and a LINCOLN'S SPARROW.

A CONNECTICUT WARBLER was found today at Drier-Offerman Park in Brooklyn
near the ballfield.

Two YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS were reported last week, 1 at Strawberry Fields
Central Park on Thursday and another yesterday and today at the Marshlands
Conservancy in Rye at the top of the fields.

Two CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS were found last week, 1 at Robert Moses State Park
on Fire Island parking field 2 on Tuesday. Also seen at this area were a
WARBLING VIREO, RED-EYED VIREO and WHITE-EYED VIREO. The other CLAY-COLORED
SPARROW was found Thursday at Riis Park. Three LARK SPARROWS were seen last
week, 2 on Saturday near the Coast Guard Station at Jones Beach and another
yesterday and continuing today at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn.

Other interesting birds reported last week were 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS
at Breezy Point on Thursday, a BLACK TERN last Saturday at Jones Beach West
End, 6 ROYAL TERNS at the docking area at the Peconic River in Riverhead on
Sunday, a RED-SHOULDERED HAWK on Cooper Ave. in the Shoreham Wading River
area on Tuesday, a SALTMARSH SPARROW at an uncommon location at Strawberry
Fields in Central Park last Saturday.

To phone in reports on Long Island, call Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126, or
weekdays call Tom Burke at (212) 372-1483.

This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the
National Audubon Society.

- End transcript

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[nysbirds-l] NYS Young Birders Club

[Carena Pooth]

Below is a quick update on NYSOA's New York State Young Birders Club. Adult
readers, please encourage any young birders you know (and/or their parents)
to check it out at www.nysyoungbirders.org. And please consider joining as a
Supporting Adult member for 2010, and encouraging your local bird club to
become a Partner Organization if it isn't one already. We will gladly visit
local clubs that are interested to make a presentation about NYSYBC.
 
Thank you for your interest and support!
 
Carena Pooth
NYSOA / NYSYBC
 

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NYS Young Birders Club Marks One-Year Anniversary

 

One year ago, the New York State Young Birders Club (NYSYBC) was launched as
a special project of the New York State Ornithological Association. NYSYBC
provides a safe, vibrant community for birders aged 10-19, something that
was not available to earlier generations. The club's mission is to help
ensure the future of New York's birdlife by encouraging young birders to
pursue their passion and inspire others to do the same. During the past
year, many new friendships have formed among young members that found each
other through NYSYBC.

 

NYSYBC welcomes young birders of all skill levels, from beginner to
advanced. The club offers monthly field trips, a website, a newsletter,
birding-related email alerts, and an online forum. The club's trips, led by
knowledgeable local birders, offer young people the opportunity to enjoy a
wide variety of birding locations and experiences across the state. After
each trip, one young participant writes a report and another one submits the
species list for the day. These reports, as well as the schedule for future
trips, can be viewed on the club's website at www.nysyoungbirders.org
http://www.nysyoungbirders.org/ . 

 

On NYSYBC's June trip, young birders had the chance to meet Rob Meyer, a
filmmaker whose current project is a feature length film in which the main
characters are teen birders. Rob enjoyed seeing NYSYBC's smart,
knowledgeable young birders in action--and learned a thing or two from them!

 

In May, club founder and President Hope Batcheller, age 17, organized and
led the Razorbills, a team of five NYSYBC Youth Members, at the annual World
Series of Birding event in New Jersey. The Razorbills' species total was
175, placing them 3rd in the youth division and 10th overall! The amazing
Razorbills (Hope Batcheller, Brent Bomkamp, Jacob Drucker, Brendan Fogarty,
and Benjamin Van Doren) also raised $1670 for NYSYBC. 

 

NYSYBC has enjoyed a terrific year since its first field trip in August
2008. Its Youth Members are becoming increasingly proficient and committed
birders and conservationists, and it is wonderful to see the friendships
they've developed. The club's growth and success are made possible only by
the young birders' enthusiasm and the active participation of parents,
Supporting Adult members, and NYSYBC Partner Organizations. 

 

For more information about NYSYBC and NYSOA, visit www.nybirds.org
http://www.nybirds.org/  or email y...@n mailto:y...@nybirds.org
ybirds.org.


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[nysbirds-l] 2 Lincoln's sparrows, European goldfinch

[Seth Ausubel]

Dave Klauber and I had a Lincoln's sparrow along the fence south of  
the golf course at Riis Park, and another in the Community Garden at  
Floyd Bennett Field.  A European goldfinch was also in the Community  
Garden at Floyd Bennett.  A bobolink was along the fence at Riis.   
Otherwise it was a slow morning.


Seth Ausubel
Forest Hills, NY




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[nysbirds-l] Central Park, Sat. 19-Sep-2009 incl. raptor flyovers

[Ben Cacace]

Date: Saturday, 19 September 2009 (8:45a-5:15p)
Location: Central Park - south end to the reservoir
Observers: many including Dan Weaver  Irving Cantor
Reported by: Ben Cacace

The list below is based on the Central Park checklist. I'm starting to pull
away from the seasonal abundance checklists. They don't work well when it's
near the beginning / end of a season or if the checklist is well out of
date.

It was a day with clear blue skies so I thought I wouldn't be looking for
migrating hawks but I was drawn to the area around Belvedere Castle around
3pm. I didn't expect much. Getting a bead on a high flying raptor in clear
blue skies is more difficult than in a sky with clouds that offers a bit of
contrast and something to focus on.

The effort paid off. Within 10 minutes I had a raptor in the binoculars
only. Nothing was visible naked eye. Within seconds the unique wingbeat and
dihedral exhibited by this raptor made the ID fairly easy even before the
brilliant white rump became visible. It was the only Northern Harrier for
the watch.

Twenty minutes after this a fairly low, clearly naked eye raptor, was
spotted heading west. It was very dark and large and one look through the
binoculars showed it was an adult Bald Eagle. Following the eagle a short
distance was an Osprey that was also obvious naked eye. I thought to point
out the eagle to the crowd but I didn't think it was low enough to impress.

As I followed the Osprey it drifted into a small group of circling
Broad-winged Hawks. This small group grew into a larger group of 80+
Broad-winged Hawks circling directly above the castle. When I pulled the
binoculars away the kettle was not obvious naked eye. When I focused on the
Osprey only then did the subtle forms of the BWs come through.

Small groups of BWs were seen over the next hour but no group had more than
9 individuals.

Another Osprey passed through shortly after 4pm.

Weather for 19-Sep in Central Park (time)  http://tinyurl.com/lsd62p :
- Conditions: Clear
- Temperature: 53.1 to 69.1 F (12 to 19 C)
- Wind direction: variable changing to NW between 3 and 4 o'clock
- Wind speed: 3-7 mph (no gusts)

** Total species - 45 **

Abundance categories below from 'An Annotated Checklist: The Birds of
Central Park'.

'Less Common' migrants [13 spp]:
- Gadwall - 30+ incl. 23 on Turtle Pond  7 on the reservoir
- Pied-billed Grebe - 1 on the reservoir
- Turkey Vulture - 1 flyover seen from Strawberry Fields ~10:45a
- Osprey - 2 flyovers from Belvedere Castle 3:34p  4:03p
- Bald Eagle - 1 adult flyover from Belvedere Castle ~3:30p
- Northern Harrier - 1 flyover seen from Belvedere Castle ~1:20p
- Broad-winged Hawk - 95+ from Belvedere Castle between 3:35-4:35p
- Solitary Sandpiper - 1 around the Oven in the Ramble
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Several (8+)
- Black-capped Chickadee - Several (2+)
- Brown Thrasher - Several (6+)
- Swamp Sparrow - 1 in the Oven in the Ramble
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak - Several (3+)

'Common' migrants [18 spp]:
- Double-crested Cormorant - 18 on the reservoir
- Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1 over Bow Bridge
- Chimney Swift - 7 flyovers from Belvedere Castle
- Northern Flicker - Many (20+)
- Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1 over Maintenance Meadow
- House Wren - 1 at the south end of the park
- Swainson's Thrush - Several (2+)
- American Robin - 75+
- Gray Catbird - 6+
- Northern Parula - Several (3+)
- Magnolia Warbler - Several (6+)
- Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 adult male along the Gill in the Ramble
- Black-and-white Warbler - Several (3+)
- American Redstart - 6+
- Ovenbird - 2, Strawberry Fields and the Locust Grove
- Common Yellowthroat - 12+
- White-throated Sparrow - Several (3+)
- Common Grackle - 24+

Year round residents [14 spp]:
- Canada Goose - 3 incl. 2 on the Lake and 1 on the reservoir
- Mallard - 75+
- Red-tailed Hawk - 2 incl. 1 adult over Maintenance Meadow
- Ring-billed Gull - On the reservoir
- Herring Gull - On the reservoir
- Great Black-backed Gull - On the reservoir
- Rock Pigeon - 24+
- Mourning Dove - 24+
- Downy Woodpecker - Several heard (2+)
- Blue Jay - 12+
- Northern Mockingbird - 1 at the south end of the park
- European Starling - 12+
- Northern Cardinal - Several (7+)
- House Sparrow - 250+

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NYSbirds-L List Info:
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES

Archives:
1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html
2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html

Please submit your observations to eBird:
http://ebird.org/content/ebird/

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