Brooklyn Bridge Park--Pier One: Cedar Waxwings
Posted by: "Larry Zirlin"
Wed Jun 15, 2011 12:20 pm (PDT)
I saw four Cedar Waxwings on Pier One this afternoon. Oddly, for these berry loving birds, they weren't in trees that had any fruit on them. The bushes in the marsh with what I presume were raspberries were full of House Sparrows eating the berries. This the 59th species recorded on the Pier in its brief history as a park.
The hybrid family of American Black Duck (drake) and Mallard with 3 ducklings were in the water picking whatnot from a gray skein of scum and garbage.
Larry Zirlin
http://birdsandwords-larryz.blogspot.com/
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From Elyse:
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Hi Peter,
Last night after eating at the Botanic Garden cafe, Lenny and
I went to the Japan garden pool and sat inside it to watch for birds.
A BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER was
being chased by a dark bird all around the pond.Every time it
landed we got right near it.
There was also a kingbird flying and landing.
It made our night to see such bird entertainment,
Elyse
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From Orrin:
(6/16)
Green-Wood Cemetery this morning. Most of the interesting
activity was at the Sylvan Water, in the skies above it and in
the high ground surrounding it:
Cedar waxwings (young being fed)
Monk parakeet
Northern mockinbird
Mourning dove
Northern cardinal
House wren
Warbling vireo
Northern rough-winged swallow
Barn swallow
Black-crowned night heron
House sparrow
Double-crested cormorant
Canada goose
House finch
American robin
Great egret
Baltimore oriole
Song sparrow
Chipping sparrow
Downy woodpecker
European starling
