Sunday, 7 April, 2013 - Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City Some warbler activity "finally", albeit somewhat minimal...but at least two of the expected early arrivals, Louisiana Waterthrush all day long at the Loch (or Ravine as some prefer to call it) in the park's north end, & a couple (at least) of Pine Warbler with some initial sightings in & around the Pinetum areas near W. 85-86 St. south of the reservoir & transverse road thru the park. Also noted were a modest (or great, depending on the most recent visitation to Central one may have had) increase of species having been around lately such as Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, E. Phoebe, Golden-crowned Kinglet, & a few of the also-wintering sparrow species plus Field Sparrow. In Central, the Brown Thrasher and a few E. Towhees are still those that overwintered there. A few Hermit Thrush (& just a tad more notably a few Gray Catbirds) also wintered in Central, but some Hermit Thrush may well be newly-arrived and of course many more very soon will be. One additional sign of spring in Central: far, far more birders out & about in the park, & some including yours truly wandering the woods & glades to late in the day... with a temperature at least above 50F.!
Black-capped Chickadee and Tufted Titmouse numbers remain as they've been all thru the winter, fairly high... some of each regularly seen out in street trees as well as the city parks. Good & warmer birding, Tom Fiore, Manhattan -- 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/ --
