I led a walk in Central Park this morning between Strawberry Fields and the Castle, and we did pretty well, although it was blustery and chilly. There seems to have been a bit of an influx of migrants over the past couple days. Many of them were singing, which is nice. We had several Northern Parulas singing, Palm Warblers, Pine Warblers, Yellow-rumped and Black-and-white Warblers (singing as well), Ruby-crowned Kinglets, numerous Eastern Towhees singing, a Swamp Sparrow, and a singing Brown Thrasher. The highlights were a Blue-winged Warbler "Beee-Bzzzz"ing in an oak tree at the edge of that little triangular meadow north of the Upper Lobe area, and of course the Kentucky Warbler, who was moving all over the place around the Shakespeare Gardens just east of the Swedish Cottage. He was mostly staying within a couple feet of the ground, as Kentuckys are wont to do. Not a bad morning! I imagine things will really pick up once this cold front clears out... Good Birding, Gabriel WillowNYC Audubon --
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