Recent Postings from The New York Birding List ---------------------------------------------- Subject: Alley Pond Park From: Sy Schiff <icterus AT optonline.net> Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:10:17 -0400 Alley Pond Park 31 August Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) birded Alley Pond Park this morning for several hours. We saw a mix of mostly breeding/resident birds (some of which, of course, may be migrants). The most interesting was more than a dozen RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS. The Spotted Jewelweed was in full bloom everywhere, the most probable attraction for this species. The Devil's Walking Stick, now beginning to display berries, appeared to be the main attractor for the eight species of warbler we saw, namely: Northern Parula, Magnolia Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Black-and-white Warbler American Redstart Ovenbird Common Yellowthroat Canada Warbler Other birds included several Wood Thrush and Veery and an interesting silent Empidonax Flycatcher.