This morning at 7:10 A.M. I found a Connecticut Warbler at the Bashakill WMA. The bird was located, in what most people familar with the Bashakill call the Deli fields. If you are coming in from Route 17 on 209 you pass the Haven Road exit and follow Rt. 209 until you see the Westbrookville Deli on your right. Directly across the road from the deli is a boat access road on the left. Take this road for about 1/10 of a mile and the fields are on both sides of the road. The bird was found in some low bushes around a tree on the left side of the road about 150 feet before you would enter the woods at the end of the road.
I called Scott Baldinger and John Haas immediately and within five minutes or so Scott arrived. We watched the area as many birds were moving in and out of this area. At one time three birds flew up and as I was looking at a Yellowthroat Scott said he was on bird with a eye ring. It was the Connecticut Warbler and it was a lifer for Scott. We got great looks at the bird in the open for about 20-30 seconds before it flew from a low branch to the ground on the other side of the road. At this time John arrived as I was leaving for work. I spoke to Scott an hour later but he said they were unable to relocate the bird. This is my first Sullivan County record for this species. -- 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/ --
