Pier 1 10/28

'Twas only a matter of time before a Peregrine Falcon added itself to the Pier 1 roster. One flew in off the East River in just about the same "flyway" as the Kestrel I saw last week, then flew into and perched in a tree on the Promenade.

Other new species for the park:  A Northern Flicker was briefly faked out by the wood telephone poles that are used as light stanchions in the park (I assume the poles are treated to make them impervious to boring [or even interesting] insects), and 2 Black-capped Chickadees were on the hilly part of the park.

Fog briefly enveloped the park, rolling up the hill and then over into the Heights--with the warm weather it reminded me of being in San Francisco, which reminds me: Go Giants!

Fog

rolls up in the Heights--Watchtower Building

and dissipates

Pier One
Number of species:    17
Canada Goose    3    Flyover
American Black Duck    4
Mallard    5
Double-crested Cormorant    9
Peregrine Falcon    1    Flyover then into the Heights
Ring-billed Gull    5
Herring Gull    1
Rock Pigeon    4
Northern Flicker    1
Black-capped Chickadee    2
Northern Mockingbird    1
Yellow-rumped Warbler    2
Palm Warbler    3
Song Sparrow    6
White-throated Sparrow    9
Dark-eyed Junco    3
House Sparrow    40