Given the cold front and reports of a good number of migrating birds on the barrier beach, a group of birders with the same thoughts on their mind, that it could be a good day for migrants, converged at Alley Pond Park, in Queens this morning.
After several hours of birding that took us well into the afternoon, our accumulative tally for warblers was *19 species*. Ed Becher had a possible number 20 but did not feel he had a long enough look at a Worm Eating Warbler for it to count, so we let that one go. The warbler highlights included, *YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT*, *WILSON's WARBLER*and possibly our toughest ID of the day, a 1st fall female *BAY-BREASTED WARBLER*. Other highlights included *YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER* and *PHILADELPHIA VIREO*. The park was teeming with warbler activity this morning but by late this afternoon when Eric Miller and I wrapped it up, it had gotten extremely quiet. Maybe tomorrow will see some new arrivals. Observers were : Jessica, Gary Strauss, Ed Becher, Peter Reisfeld, Eric Miller and I. Andrew Baksh Queens, NY www.birdingdude.blogspot.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/ --
