A very late BLACKPOLL WARBLER was at Calvert Vaux Park in Brooklyn
today. I saw the bird briefly last Sunday, 12/9, but only got good
confirming views (and a couple of poor photos) today. The bird was
near the east corner of the park in the brushy, wooded strip between
the tip of the basin and the Six Diamonds ball fields, associated
with a flock of mostly typical winter songbirds that also included a
NASHVILLE WARBLER. The Blackpoll was feeding low among weed stalks
and stubble, often on the ground, but actively moving about. It was
fairly bright olive-green above, with dark streaks on the back; white
wing bars and edging on tertials and wingtips. Yellowish through face
and breast, with indistinct streaking on sides, and dark line through
the eye. White undertail coverts; yellow feet. This is later than any
NY state record shown in eBird. The species is a long-range migrant,
wintering in South America; there were a number of late reports in
the immediate post-Sandy period, and it might be that this individual
was part of that fallout.
Also of note was a flock of 11 RED CROSSBILLS feeding in a small
stand of cone-laden pines near the drive-in entrance in the newly
renovated area along Shore Parkway.
Good birding,
Alex Wilson
Brooklyn
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