At SMSP this morning the blustery northeast winds produced a mediocre number of birds, but a few species showed up in good numbers. A constant Stream of American Robins (6,800) moved east through the park in the company of tight flocks of Cedar Waxwings (700). Small numbers of Common Grackles, Red-winged Blackbirds, Rusty Blackbirds, and Eastern Bluebirds were also in the mix. At the dump on the northwest corner of Field 1, we found a Clay-colored Sparrow (photo on my flickr site) in the company of Dark-eyed Juncos. The new vehicular/foot bridge at the east end of Sunken Meadow Creek that is replacing the dike destroyed by Sandy is nearly completed and, according to maintenance personnel, should be ready by the end of the month.
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