This afternoon, I joined Eric Miller in an effort to try and relocate a *CONNECTICUT WARBLER* he had found earlier at Powell's Cove Park, in Queens County. After some searching, we were successful in re-finding the bird as we made a 3rd pass near the area he had found it.
Not far from that location we found another good one in a 1st fall female *MOURNING WARBLER* that provided tantalizing looks keeping us guessing for a bit until we finally saw it well enough to nail the ID. Other highlights included, a nicely marked *BAY BREASTED WARBLER* and a *LINCOLN SPARROW*. Earlier in the morning I had birded the North Woods area in Central Park in anticipation of an upcoming walk that I will be leading. For my two hours of scouting I managed 54 species with the highlights being *OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER* and *BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER* the latter making up a 14 species warbler count for CP. Andrew Baksh Queens, NY www.birdingdude.blogspot.com “Our task must be to free ourselves... by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and it's beauty.” - Albert Einstein -- 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/ --
