Indeed, the NYC Audubon Bryant Park tour got lucky this morning between 8-9 AM, getting great views of the Prothonotary. He was singing loudly, first very high, then lower in the plane trees along the southern side of the park. There was also a singing male Yellow Warbler & B&W Warbler, several Palm Warblers, plus an Ovenbird, Swamp Sparrow, a couple of Towhees, and a singing House Wren.
Later this morning near NYU, I had a singing Common Yellowthroat & a mini-flock of three Blue-headed Vireos, one of which was singing. Now I have a tour in Central Park in about 90 minutes, hopefully the wonderful sightings will continue! Cheers, Gabriel Willow NYC Audubon On Apr 30, 2012, at 9:22 AM, Tom Fiore <[email protected]> wrote: > Monday, 30 April, 2012 - Bryant Park, [mid-town] Manhattan, N.Y. City > > A male PROTHONOTARY Warbler continues on for at least the eighth straight day > in Bryant Park. The Protho. was in the southwest portion of the park, mainly > in London Plane trees as it's been most of the time there. Various other > migrants are also around again (and a fine day in Central Park in Manhattan > is also shaping up). At least several observers also were seeing the Protho. > Warbler... Bryant Park is located between Fifth & Sixth Avenues, and between > 40 & 42 Streets, and the sighting this morning had been nearer to the Sixth > Ave. and nearer the 40 Street sides (SW). One nice feature of standing on > the cusp of May is that a lot of birds are really beginning to sing more > forcefully or continuously lately, which should increase further with warming > weather later in this week. > > Good birding, > > Tom Fiore, > Manhattan > -- > NYSbirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
