I didn't make it to the park yesterday, but the previous 2 days I saw a
pair of Pied-billed grebes, probably juvenile, at Runnemede on both
occasions. They were keeping their distance, so ID was a little difficult.
Didn't see any hoodies, but there were a few Ring-necked ducks, lots of
wood ducks in all stages of plumage (making some a little tricky to ID),
some black ducks, geese and a cormorant. There have been hoodies there in
the past, so it's possible. On Tuesday, I saw an eagle and an osprey.
There have been a lot of palm and yellow-rumped warblers, in addition to
many white-crowned, white throated and song sparrows.

Happy birding!
Peggy

> Under the guise of learning to drive in the US...my mother in law Lila and
> i went up to goose pond in Canaan to see what we could see birdwise. We
> got
> a bald eagle pretty close up, which was nice. Also a loon and a flicker.
>
> We also checked out Marshall brook natural area and got a pileated
> woodpecker and a ruby crowned kinglet among others.
>
> Also took a walk round lake runnemede. There were 50ish Canada geese which
> we saw land in the lake. Also got a great view of a northern harrier (we
> call it Hen harrier in the UK) doing aerobatics at 20 paces from us.
>
> Also saw:
> Am crows
> Hairy and pileated wpecker
> Lots of song sparrows with possible Lincolns in there
> Mallards
> Carolina wren
>
> Saw a pair of grebes but have no idea what they're likely to be
> species-wise.
>
> Also what  looked like a pair of hooded mergansers, but don't know if they
> are likely to be there.
>
> Wonder if anyone can help with the latter two.
>
> Jack
>