Birds Observed at Esopus Bend

Fox Sparrows were foraging with a mixed flock of sparrows comprised of (5) Song, (1) Swamp, (2) American Tree, and (50 +) White-throated Sparrows.

Additional birds observed throughout the preserve during a 45-minute time span were:

Wild Turkey (3) Great Blue Heron (1 fly-over, vocalizing) Red-tailed Hawk (soaring above the preserve, also very vocal) Ring-billed Gull Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker Blue Jay American Crow Black-capped Chickadee Tufted Titmouse Red-breasted Nuthatch (several present for at least two weeks)

White-breasted Nuthatch Brown Creeper (2) Carolina Wren (~4) WINTER WREN (1) (nice, close visual) Golden-crowned Kinglet RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET Eastern Bluebird American Robin (~24) Cedar Waxwing (~20) Yellow-rumped Warbler Dark-eyed Junco (numerous) Northern Cardinal (9, including 3 juvenile males) House Finch American Goldfinch House Sparrow