April 16th: winds and cold: Is this spring ??

I got out today , but intending to see the BBGarden magnolias and weeping cherries before the storm drops all the petals...so birding wasn't on the agenda ( but who wants to with this unseasonable cold and wind?). But there are two reports today from Prospect and Rob Jett's BBC Greenwood Cemetery walk.. BBrrrr.....

Most notable sighting before the rain yet impacting high winds was WHITE EYED VIREO near Lullwater rustic arbor (RBate, then KToomey, JSchumacher)

Oh I forgot to mention. Mary E reported from Thursday two GREATER YELLOLEGS flyover over her home near Bartel Pritchrd Square ( Windsor terrace).

From Kathy Toomey

NYC Bird Report

date = 2011/04/16

site = Prospect Park

observers = Kathy Toomey, Janet Schumacher

Double-crested Cormorant

Canada Goose

Ruddy Duck

Mute Swan

Mallard

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Mourning Dove

Belted Kingfisher Heard

Downy Woodpecker

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

White-eyed Vireo in the Lullwater, near the rustic shelter

Blue Jay

Tree Swallow

Black-capped Chickadee

White-breasted Nuthatch

Brown Creeper

Winter Wren Near the Maryland Monument

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

American Robin

Hermit Thrush

European Starling

Black-and-white Warbler In the lullwater, down from the feeders

Palm Warbler

Louisiana Waterthrush In the lily pond, from Binnen Bridge

Pine Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler Many

White-throated Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

Common Grackle

House Sparrow

Greenwood Cemetery BBC walk report (RJett)

http://bbcprevioustripreports.blogspot.com/