Youngest phoebe-spotter

Liliana Speiser - February 2007

On March 11, one day after the first phoebe was seen by Ben Cacace at the north side of the Reservoir, David Speiser, one of Central Park's hot-shot birders, posted the following item on e-birds:

Observers: David & Liliana Speiser
An Eastern Phoebe was present in the Conservatory Gardens in Central Park at around 3:30- 4:00 PM today. It was directly East of the bathrooms along the path.

That makes Liliana the youngest phoebe-spotter of the season. She'll celebrate her first birthday next week.

PS. Her father informs me that she has also seen an Ivory Gull. But can she pick it out of a flock of a hundred more common gulls? I forgot to ask David that question.