It was a beautiful day for birding and 19 people showed up for a walk through Hunter Island and Turtle Cove in Pelham Bay Park, the Bronx.
Thanks to Bronx Brendan, we all had terrific close looks at a Great Horned Owl. Other raptors included three Peregrine Falcons and at least four Red-tailed Hawks. At the first high lookout on Hunter Island, we watched as 300+ Brant lifted off in front of us, stunning. Passerines were few but there were enough ducks, waterfowl and a few sunbathing Harbor Seals to keep everyone interested. Our very social group enjoyed the birds, the weather and each other! Red-bellied Woodpecker (8) Hairy Woodpecker (3) White-breasted Nuthatch (6) Tufted Titmouse (6) Brown Creeper Red-breasted Merganser (14) Hooded Merganser (3) Bufflehead (24) Peregrine Falcom (3) Great Horned Owls (2) American Black Duck (30) Greater Scaup (250+) Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Great Black-backed Gull Horned Grebe (4) Brant (250+) Double-crested Cormorant (6) Blue Jay Black-capped Chickadee Brown-headed Cowbird Fox Sparrow Song Sparrow Mallard (12) Canada Goose (100+) Dark-eyed Junco Great Blue Heron Golden-crowned Kinglet Jack Rothman cityislandbirds.com -- 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/ --
