Note : KILLDEER
from Ryan Bass:
Hi Peter,
I hope that you had a pleasant weekend.
I had a chance to go to the Park on Sunday afternoon, but finding the Varied Thrush had reminded me of searching for that elusive YB Chat. Unfortunately, I couldn't locate the bird and spent a solid 3 hrs looking along the Quaker Ridge, Ravine, and Ambergill. Lots of very friendly birders were out as well.
As previously reported, the Eastern Phoebes are in, my FOS. I snapped a photo of a "B List" Thrush, who was less of a Hermit than the Varied:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/87290840@N02/8566040017/
and had (2) Killdeer on the Ballfields, along with a relatively high count of American Robins. The Ballfields were abundant with birds at around 6:00 pm as the crowds thinned out.
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S13430199
Cheers,
Ryan