Excellent views of the Clove Lakes Park Summer Tanager and Orange-crowned Warbler were enjoyed this morning by Keith Michael, myself, and two other birders. The tanager appeared around 11:30am at its usual spot, the dead tree above the brush pile, north of the white stone bridge. According to Jeff, one of the other birders, who was observing the bird from across the stream, it was eating bees (dead bees?) from a hole in the dead tree. The Orange-crowned joined it soon after. The tanager then flew to one of the trees above the stone bridge, which enabled us to see it at very close range. Jeff had seen the Red-headed Woodpecker earlier that morning, by Martling Avenue.
Keith and I then proceeded to Howie Fischer's house, where the Selasphorous/Rufous hummingbird appeared right away. It's always nice when that happens. Donna Schulman Forest Hills, NY -- 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/ --
