Thought I should make people aware that there are some escaped Long-tailed Paradise Whydahs on the loose in Kissena Park, Queens, NY.
Just an FYI, so these don't cause heartbeats to skip. I imagine that some amount of various cage bird escapees are fairly regular in the NYC area? Good birding…! Sincerely, Chris T-H From: Gary Kornfeld [mailto:[email protected]<http://yahoo.com>] Sent: Monday, September 16, 2013 9:01 PM Subject: A bird I saw in Kissena Park, Queens, NY Hello, I have attached a photo of a bird I saw in Kissena Park, Queens New York. There were a few of them and I have never seen a bird like it. After searching bird sites for what seemed an interminable amount of time, I still have no answer. I attach this photo of the bird, and hopefully you can tell me what kind of bird it is and some things about it. I really do appreciate anything you can do for me. Thank you, Gary Kornfeld -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp -- 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/ --
