Rob, Good to hear about your sighting of the NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW nesting attempt on Governor's Island.
For the 2nd Atlas of Breeding Birds for the block that contains Governor's Island (5750D) the swallows that have been cataloged for the survey are TREE SWALLOW (probable breeder) & BARN SWALLOW (confirmed breeder). N. Rough-winged would be completely new for this atlas block. I have the details for the 11 blocks connected to New York County < http://goo.gl/maps/EAWL > and the breeding status for Rough-winged is: - Confirmed for block 5852B which includes Van Cortlandt Park, Riverdale Park, Wave Hill and the very northern tip of Inwood Hill Park. - Confirmed for block 5852D which includes New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx, Inwood Hill Park, High Bridge Park & Swindler Cove Park. At Swindler Cove Park I've spotted a single Northern Rough-winged Swallow on several of my recent visits coursing over the Harlem River. Ben Cacace @NYCbirder -- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
