Starr Saphir's group had 55 bird species, including 17 warblers, in the Central Park Ramble this morning. The highlight came around 9:30 am when Starr briefly saw a LITTLE BLUE HERON flying high over Turtle Pond -- a very rare sight in Central Park, and only the second Starr has had in over 30 years of birding the Park.
Notable birds: Little Blue Heron (flyover, Turtle Pond) Eastern Wood-Pewee Acadian Flycatcher (heard only, north of Humming Tombstone) Least Flycatcher (Hernshead) Eastern Kingbird (Castle) Tree Swallow (Turtle Pond) Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Turtle Pond) Cedar Waxwing (several flocks seen) Chestnut-sided Warbler Blackburnian Warbler (female, Azalea Pond) Canada Warbler Wilson's Warbler (south end of the Point) Baltimore Oriole (seen and heard frequently) www.starrtrips.wordpress.com -- 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/ --
