I encountered Tom Fiore at Van Cortlandt Park this afternoon and as he said things were fairly quiet, however, after leaving Tom at the south end of the marsh I headed for Vault Hill in search of some early butterflies he had found there. On the south side of the hill, just a little below the "vault", I encountered a single male Eastern Bluebird. On the top of the hill I found one Mourning Cloak about where Tom had encountered one earlier.
In the morning, I had birded Inwood Hill Park in northern Manhattan and found it also very quiet. Joe DiCostanzo www.greatgullisland.org www.inwoodbirder.blogspot.com -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Thomas Fiore Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2014 9:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [nysbirds-l] (not much) Bronx Co. 3/22 A return look at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx (N.Y. City) this Sat. afternoon (3/22) found little of great note & almost none of the species I noted there the day before, except for some Rusty Blackbirds again by the marsh south of the main golf course green. The lake, which is now ice-free, had a few more Hooded Mergansers but on the Parade Ground, no geese or other birds of note... a windy day, & perhaps a night prior with some onward movement. A late p.m. look at Swindler Cove park (northern Manhattan) revealed little of note. spring hopes eternal. good birding, Tom Fiore Manhattan -- 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/ -- -- 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/ --
