Bird was just seen (9:25 am) in the area immediately west of the artificial ball field. Go across the baseball field and bird was along the edge of the field. It flew west into a bunch of short tress with obvious red very clumps that border the wood chip path. . Maybe it's sumac (not sure). It was in with a Nashville warbler and a Tennessee and they flew off together.
Isaac Grant Senior Loan Officer On Sep 17, 2013, at 1:39 AM, Andrew Baksh <[email protected]> wrote: > I just got home and so I wanted to post this before getting some much needed > sleep. > > Late yesterday afternoon around 6:30 p.m. I was working a patch along the > path of the triangle of Kissena Corridor. This would be the path north of > the artificial football field that is covered with wood chips. While working > the area, I found a bird that took some time for me to get a decent enough > look and when I did, I realized I was looking at a Vireo sp. that I was not > familiar with. It was small like a PHILADELPHIA VIREO but had wing bars and > I immediately thought of HUTTON'S VIREO but ruled it out after I got better > looks. > > After several minutes of patiently working the area, I finally got a decent > enough photo of the bird. To me it looked like a good candidate for a BELL's > VIREO (perhaps the Eastern race). The bird was last seen working its way back > into the thickets. > > After getting back to my car and consulting field guides, I called a few > people and provided a description of the bird and sent out a photo from the > screen view of my camera. I received word from one non NY birder who is well > known for his field work, published articles and talent. I have tremendous > respect for him and he was very helpful with the Elegant Tern ID > confirmation. His response was, "it is a Bell's Vireo." > > I will provide more details and post photos to my blog for review either > tonight or first thing in the morning as I am beat but wanted to take the > time out to put the word out since I have confirmation on the ID. > > Andrew Baksh > Queens, NY > www.birdingdude.blogspot.com > -- > NYSbirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- 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/ --
