A beautifully clear and sunny day, with strongish breezes to start which brought the temperature right down. I planned to look for shorebirds at Jamaica Bay, and decided to bird the West Pond first as the high tide wasn't due until 1:00pm. Several migrants visible early on, with a couple of
American Redstarts and a
Brown Thrasher. A small warbler popped in, at first I thought it might be Tennessee which has been reported from several sites recently, but it turned out to be a female
Prairie Warbler. Elsewhere in the area the fruiting trees were attracting dozens of
Cedar Waxwings, as well as another
Brown Thrasher and a very confiding
White-eyed Vireo.
Down by the end of the accessible path a
Northern Harrier gave me a few brief, but amazingly close flyby.
When I eventually did get to the East Pond there were very few birds about, and almost no waders. No matter, it had been a pleasant morning nevertheless.
Female
Prairie Warbler.
White-eyed Vireo.
Female
American Redstart.
House Finch.
Vein White,
Pieris napi.
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