Could it be like last winter, Bryant Park is keeping the migrants around as much as the tourists? And so too us birders. Matthew helped me locate the female Wilsons on Monday along the bushes south of the lawn. That area proved to be rewarding, besides the summer resident Ovenbird, Common Yellow-throats and the year-round Catbirds and occasional White-throated Sparrows, I spotted a Wood Thrush and Matthew and I saw a Brown Thrasher fly across the lawn. Tuesday morning before the rain, I finally caught the first-year "Mourning", despite the strong eye-ring, darting and hopping very unlike a Connecticut (and making it very difficult to check out the undertail covert). Matthew caught the Wilsons again and I was surprised to still spot a Northern Waterthrush. Could this little park keep us birding year-round?
Happy Birding, Alan Drogin -- 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/ --
