I birded areas through the Ramble and then up to the Reservoir and Pinetum today from about 8:30am - 1:00pm. It was extremely quiet on my way in, but when I got to the Upper Lobe at about 8:50, a wave of activity began, heavily weighted towards Magnolia Warblers. Places between were fairly quiet, but when I reached the Pinetum at about 12:30 an insect hatch-out occurred, and the resulting mob of warblers and thrushes provided a very enjoyable hour of birding for me and for a group of birders with Starr Saphir.
Birds of note in the Ramble: Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1 (Upper Lobe) Great-crested Flycatcher - 2 (Upper Lobe, Azalea Pond) Black-capped Chickadee - 1 (Evodia Field) Veery - 1 Grey-cheeked Thrush - 1 (South of Azalea Pond) Swainsons Thrush - 2 Wood Thrush - 1 Nashville Warbler - 1 Yellow Warbler - 2 Chestnut-sided Warbler - 4 (Azalea, Point) Magnolia Warbler - many (throughout) Black-throated Blue Warbler - 2+ (Azalea, Point) Bay-breasted Warbler - 1 (Maintenance Meadow) Blackpoll Warbler - 2 Black and White Warbler - 3 American Redstart - 2 Ovenbird - 2 Northern Waterthrush - 1 (Upper Lobe) Kentucky Warbler - 1 (8:50, Upper Lobe. Seen first, and with one other birder whose name I dont know, then heard singing briefly after by Starr Saphir and some of her group. Could not relocate.) Mourning Warbler - 1 (9am, Upper Lobe. Seen briefly, flew Northeast.) Common Yellowthroat - 5 Wilsons Warbler - 1 (Upper Lobe) Canada Warbler - 5-6 (Upper Lobe, Azalea, Point) Scarlet Tanager - 1 (Humming Tombstone) Lincolns Sparrow - 1 (btw Azalea and Evodia) Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 (Upper Lobe) Birds of note in Pinetum area: Ring-billed Gull - 2 (Reservoir) Great-crested Flycatcher - 1 Blue-headed Vireo - 1 Warbling Vireo - 1 Red-eyed Vireo - 2 Swainsons Thrush - 6+ (on hatch-out, clinging to deciduous tree trunks NE corner of Pinetum) Cedar Waxwing - 4 Nashville Warbler - 1 Yellow Warbler - 1 Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1 Magnolia Warbler - 5+ Cape May Warbler - 1 Black-throated Blue Warbler - 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3 Black-throated Green Warbler - 1 Blackpoll Warbler - 2 Blackburnian Warbler - 1 Black-and-White Warbler - 2 American Redstart - 2 Common Yellowthroat - 1 Wilsons Warbler - 1 Canada Warbler - 3 Orchard Oriole - 1 Catherine Hamilton New York, NY -- 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/ --
