Hughes Hollow and the Polo Grounds today.   Early afternoon at the Polo 
grounds we were unable to find either a Say’s Phoebe or a Golden Plover. 
However, there were Killdeer in the fields north of the main entrance and group 
of juvenile Brown-headed Cowbirds hanging around the Polo-ponies in the 
paddock. These were flocking birds. At Hughes Hollow there were at least 14 
Least Sandpipers, and a solitary Solitary Sandpiper, a juvenile, also Killdeer 
now moving as a group. There was the apparently resident Great Egret and a 
couple of Great Blues.  There were also the numerous Green Herons and, and 
this was the first time I had ever seen this, one erected a substantial black 
crest, though only momentarily. I was unaware that these birds had this kind 
of erectile crest and I’ve certainly seen enough Green Herons –especially this 
year a Hughes Hollow. There was also a couple of Wood-Peewee at the 
entrance to the impoundments dividing road and in the still watered part of the 
east impoundment the male and female Wood-ducks in eclipse that have been 
there for a while along with two Mallards. Found: nothing but common birds 
but still very interesting birding.

Phil Brody