After successfully viewing the NORTHERN WHEATEAR at 8 am this morning in Croton, and then enjoying a damp hike around Rockefeller State Park that yielded a very cooperative YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT (eating berries on the Ash Loop Trail just down the hill from the intersection with the Overlook Trail in the area that hosted the Kentucky Warblers earlier this spring), Rob Bate and I decided to stop by the Intrepid on our way home. We didn't expect to find the Kiskadee and we were not disappointed. Rob chatted with a park ranger and some other locals, none of whom had seen or knew anything about the bird. We did find the area, just south of the Intrepid itself, which is clearly the area seen in the photographs taken by the British birder. It's unfortunate that the sighting didn't come to the attention of NY birders sooner, for the bird appears to have departed for more suitable locales.
Rich Fried New York City -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
