I made a quick pass through Bryant Park yesterday (the 5th) looking for the Mourning Warbler, which I failed to find, but I did see: 1 Swainson's Thrush1 Gray-cheeked Thrush1 Northern Waterthrush1 Ovenbird1 Common Yellowthroat Not bad for a 5-minute jaunt! The thrushes were sitting together in the shrubs to the East of the storage area. The rest were in the shrub-row along the S. side of the lawn. Good birding, Gabriel Willow
--- On Mon, 6/4/12, Ben Cacace <[email protected]> wrote: From: Ben Cacace <[email protected]> Subject: [nysbirds-l] NYC: Bryant Park, Mon. 4-Jun 7 warbler spp. incl. Mourning W. To: "NYSBIRDS-L" <[email protected]> Date: Monday, June 4, 2012, 9:16 PM Date: Monday, 4 June 2012 (3:30p-7:55p) Location: Bryant Park - between 40th & 42nd St. off 6th Ave. Observers: many observers Reported by: Ben Cacace Total warbler species seen by all observers today was 7 species increasing the number seen this June to 8 species. Warblers seen by others included American Redstart, Northern Waterthrush & Blackpoll Warbler. The male MOURNING WARBLER was seen by many observers thanks to yesterday's email from Karen Fung from the finders of the warbler on Sunday (Bok Kow & Ching Man) and Matthew Rymkiewicz' timely post today after seeing the bird early this afternoon. The last sighting of the MOURNING WARBLER was just before 6:45p in the storage area where plants, chairs, signs & pots are kept out in the open in the southeast corner of the park when a number of us watched as an AMERICAN KESTREL landed with a thump a few feet in front of us as it tried taking the Mourning Warbler as a meal. The warbler slipped off just after the kestrel landed and flew to the plants on the south edge of the upper section. The warbler has been seen south of the Great Lawn in the begonia patch & begonia towers near the 'Wichcraft ice cream kioskand also in the SW corner of the park where 40th St. meets 6th Ave. with the best views in the upper level of the storage area in the southeast corner of the park. Weather for 2-Jun for Central Park (2:51p-7:51p) < http://bit.ly/JQILLz >: - Conditions: Overcast to Mostly Cloudy - Temperature: 60.1 to 57.0 F - Wind direction: ENE - NNE - Wind speed: 7 - 10 mph (gusts to 20 mph) ** Total species - 9 ** Personal abundance categories based on over 170 visits to the park. 'Rare' seen several times [1 spp]: - Mourning Warbler - 1 male in the SE storage area 'Uncommon' seen less than 1 out 10 visits [3 spp]: - American Kestrel - 1 seen twice incl. a missed attempt on the Mourning Warbler & 1 successful take of a female House Sparrow - Swainson's Thrush - 1 continues in the SE storage area - Black-and-white Warbler - 1 continues in the SW corner of the park 'Common' seen 1-7 out of every 10 visits [2 spp]: - Ovenbird - 1 in the SW corner of the park - Common Yellowthroat - 4+ incl. 1 female E of the NYPL plus 2 females & 1 male in the SE storage area 'Abundant' seen more than 7 out of every 10 visits [3 spp]: - Rock Pigeon - 50+ - White-throated Sparrow - 1+ - House Sparrow - 36+ Taxonomic order: - American Kestrel - 1 seen twice incl. a missed attempt on the Mourning Warbler & 1 successful take of a female House Sparrow - Rock Pigeon - 50+ - Swainson's Thrush - 1 continues in the SE storage area - Black-and-white Warbler - 1 continues in the SW corner of the park - Ovenbird - 1 in the SW corner of the park - Mourning Warbler - 1 male in the SE storage area - Common Yellowthroat - 4+ incl. 1 female E of the NYPL plus 2 females & 1 male in the SE storage area - White-throated Sparrow - 1+ - House Sparrow - 36+ -- 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/ --
