[nysbirds-l] Looking for early migrants
Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) went looking for migrants, starting at Hempstead Lake SP. On a short walk north along the stream, we found 7 PINE WARBLERS, 1 PALM WARBLER, 2 NORTHERN FLICKERS, many EASTERN PHOEBES and a YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER among other birds.. Having found our target warblers first thing, we headed for Alley Pond Park. Again there were Pine Warblers and Eastern Phoebes, but only 3 grackles and a cowbird and Redwing for blackbirds. There were no groups of redwings and no redwing song at either place. Strange for a bright, sunny, almost spring day. Again we had an assortment of resident/winter birds. A phone call hastened our return with a stop at Valley Stream SP. There, with on site birding help, we saw more PINE WARBLERS and the YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER along the "Valley Stream" for which the park is named. Sy -- 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] Looking for early migrants
Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) went looking for migrants, starting at Hempstead Lake SP. On a short walk north along the stream, we found 7 PINE WARBLERS, 1 PALM WARBLER, 2 NORTHERN FLICKERS, many EASTERN PHOEBES and a YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER among other birds.. Having found our target warblers first thing, we headed for Alley Pond Park. Again there were Pine Warblers and Eastern Phoebes, but only 3 grackles and a cowbird and Redwing for blackbirds. There were no groups of redwings and no redwing song at either place. Strange for a bright, sunny, almost spring day. Again we had an assortment of resident/winter birds. A phone call hastened our return with a stop at Valley Stream SP. There, with on site birding help, we saw more PINE WARBLERS and the YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER along the Valley Stream for which the park is named. Sy -- 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/ --
