*NY County Highlights (based on Summer season ranking): * • Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (4), Killdeer (5), Least Sandpiper (3), Ruby-throated Hummingbird & American Goldfinch (3).
*1st hour*: *18 spp.*; *2nd*: *+7*; *3rd*: *+8*; *4th*: *+2*; *5th*: *+0 (13 min.)* = *35 spp.* No Chimney Swifts seen. Full checklist & image: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S47802063 Summer frequency ranking: • Least Sandpiper • Ruby-throated Hummingbird • Yellow-crowned Night-Heron • Killdeer • American Goldfinch • Brown-headed Cowbird • American Kestrel • Fish Crow • American Black Duck • Common Tern • Warbling Vireo • Eastern Kingbird • American Crow • Laughing Gull • Northern Flicker • Downy Woodpecker • Song Sparrow • Northern Mockingbird • Barn Swallow • Ring-billed Gull • Black-crowned Night-Heron • Great Black-backed Gull • Red-winged Blackbird • Canada Goose • Herring Gull • Double-crested Cormorant • Gray Catbird • Northern Cardinal • Mallard • Common Grackle • Mourning Dove • Rock Pigeon • European Starling • American Robin • House Sparrow -- Ben Cacace Manhattan, NYC Wiki for NYS eBird Hotspots <http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Birding+in+New+York> Facebook Discussion for NYS eBird Hotspots: Q & A <https://www.facebook.com/groups/NYeBirdHotspots/> -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
