4/3/10 - NY Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY Time: 10am to 5pm Observers: Andrew Block
5 Canada Geese 6 Wood Ducks (incl. two checking out nest sites in trees) several Mallards 2 Northern Shovelers 2 Red-tailed Hawks 2 Rock pigeons 7 Mourning Doves 1 Great Horned Owl 3 Red-bellied Woodepeckers (one building nest) 2 Downy Woodepckers 3 Northern Flickers 2 Eastern Phoebes several Blue Jays 1 American Crow 2 Northern Rough-winged Swallows 4 Black-capped Chickadees 7 Tufted titmice 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch many American Robins 2 Northern Mockingbirds (building nest) 1 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER 2 PALM WARBLERS 3+ PINE WARBLERS 1 Chipping sparrow 1 Fox Sparrow (singing) many Song Sparrows 1 Swamp Sparrow several White-throated Sparrows 8+ Dark-eyed Juncos 5 Northern Cardinals 4 Red-winged Blackbirds several Common Grackles 3+ American Goldfinches 12+ House Sparrows Andrew Andrew v. F. Block Consulting Field Biologist & Eco-tour Leader 37 Tanglewylde Avenue Bronxville, Westchester Co., New York 10708-3131 Phone: (914) 337-1229; Cell: (914) 886-5124; Fax: (914) 771-8036 "When the last individual of a race of living things breathes no more, another heaven and another earth must pass before such a one can be again..." - William Beebe, first Curator of Birds, Bronx Zoo "Crikey! Have a look at that!" - Steve Irwin, The Crocodile Hunter "Just like the white winged dove sings a song, sounds like she's singing whoo, baby...whoo...said whoo" - Stephanie L. Nicks, Edge of 17, Bella Donna -- 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --