The fine weather and recent planting at Bryant Park has caused abundant late summer blooms attracting lots of people and lots of insects in a feeding frenzy. House Sparrows horde lunchers and then run off into the bushes with their crumbs of crust. There were Common Yellowthroats at every corner and side of the great lawn. This morning there were a number of Catbirds, Ovenbirds, and Northern Waterthrushes. A Wood Thrush has joined the drabber Veery in the southeast corner. In the middle of the lawn, a man practiced on the Shofar for the Jewish New Year, fitting in with the sounds of the city like an ancient car horn - with the same purpose - to get attention and to summon.
Sitting at the long tables for lunch, a first year Redstart tumbled on the bare ground just inches from our feet. First year warblers are said to foolishly expose themselves to danger on the open ground. Around the corner, five large domestic parrots are calmly perched on sitters. A large white macaw is nuzzling his head in a women's lap as a young girl strokes his feathers. The child asks, "why doesn't he fly away?" the women replies, "because he is happy." Happy Birding, Alan Drogin -- 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/ --
