The Virginia Rail was still in Abington Square Park (West Village, NYC) today as of 5PM. It was spending most of the time foraging in shrubbery (and not visible), but made occasional forays across the paths and open lawn.
Zack Winestine > On Sep 30, 2019, at 12:09 AM, Todd Olson wrote: > > Evidently a Virginia Rail has been present in lower Manhattan's Abingdon > Square Park for a day or so. A visit Sunday morning was rewarded with a > bit of patience. Bird takes refuge in the green perennial patches, but > ventures out to forage at edges and more open exposures without > provocation. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
