Alley Pond Park was a good place to be this morning. I birded the park 8am to 11am, with Ian Resnick and, at various times, Lisa, Steve Schellenger, and Andrew Baksh. Though not super birdy, there were nice pockets of warbler and other bird activity scattered throughout the park. The highlight was a *Philadelphia Vireo, *seen by Ian, Steve, Andrew and myself at Little Alley.
Warblers were seen at Little Alley, the Acadian Kettlehole, the north end of Decadon Pond, and the green bins by the obstacle course. Species seen included multiple American Redstarts, Nashville Warblers, and Black-and-Whites, plus Black-throated Blues, Black-throated Greens, Northern Parula, Magnolia, Common Yellowthroat, Chestnut-sided, Palm, Worm-eating, Blue-winged, Tennessee and Blackburnian Warblers (not all warblers seen by me and Ian, the latter two were reported by Steve and Andrew and they and Lisa may have seen additional warblers, if they would like to chime in.) In addition to the Philadelphia Vireo, Ian and I had a *Yellow-throated Vireo* singing exuberantly at Decadon Pond, plus Warbling and Red-eyed. I stopped by Alley later in the day for a quick walk-through on the way home, and spotted a Least Flycatcher doing a soft "whit" call. good birding, *Donna Schulman* * Forest Hills, NY * *New York Birders Conference <http://www.nybirdersconference.org/>* * <http://www.flickr.com/photos/queensgirl>* -- 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/ --
