Alley Pond Park, Queens 18 April Joe Giunta, Sam Jannazzo, and I (Sy Schiff) met at Hempstead Lake SP and after a short unproductive visit drove to Alley. We checked the progress of the 2 GREAT HORNED OWL chicks on the nest, now approaching full size The nest tree is adjacent to a marked trail with a stream of passers-by almost completely ignored by the youngsters. A nearby adult was mobbed for a short time by Crows, but they soon tired and flew off.
In general birding was slow here also, but we did manage to see a few migrants in single to small numbers; namely: YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, PINE WARBLER, PALM WARBLER, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER and a LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH on the edge of a kettle pond by the blue trail. Others of interest were were BLUE-HEADED VIREO, HERMIT THRUSH and EASTERN TOWHEE. A FOY Yellow Warbler was in Hempstead before we assembled. Sy -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/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/ --
