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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.