Date: Monday, 3 May 2010 (lunch hour) Location: Bryant Park, Manhattan Reported by: Ben Cacace
Seeing 12 species turns out to be the most species I've seen during any trip to Bryant Park. The previous record was 10 & both were Fall records. The OVENBIRDS and GRAY CATBIRDS were hard to miss. A pair of WOOD THRUSH were seen along the south border garden of the Great Lawn. They eventually chased each other into the trees. Wood Thrush is a new personal park bird making it 45 species seen here. The NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH was feeding in the lower storage area where they keep plants, chairs and other miscellaneous items. This is located in the SE section of the park. EUROPEAN STARLINGS were there in force. This is a rare bird for the park. The last time I saw one here was in May of 2005. Another family of birds not seen in the park by me are woodpeckers. I've only seen sapsuckers here. Weather for 3-May for Central Park (11:51a-1:12p) < http://tinyurl.com/27oz3hp >: - Conditions: Clear to Mostly Cloudy - Temperature: 71.1 to 73.9 F (21.7 to 23.3 C) - Wind direction: Variable / WSW / SSW - Wind speed: 5 - 10 mph (gusts to 16 mph) ** Total species - 12 ** - Rock Pigeon - 24+ - Hermit Thrush - 1 in N garden bordering Great Lawn - Wood Thrush - Pair on S border garden of Great Lawn & seen chasing each other - Gray Catbird - 6+ - Brown Thrasher - 1 flew into trees bordering NYPL - European Starling - 4 on Great Lawn - Ovenbird - 5+ mainly on S edge of Great Lawn & storage area in SE corner - Northern Waterthrush - 1 in lower storage area on SE corner of park - Common Yellowthroat - 2+ incl. at least 1 male & 1 female - Swamp Sparrow - 1 on S edge of Great Lawn - White-throated Sparrow - 24+ - House Sparrow - 24+ -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
