Tuesday, 29 April, 2014 - Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City
A few additions to the spring arrivals - Veery & Wood Thrush, each of which sang at times as did a few Hermit Thrush, sotto voce... & a bit more vocal, in infrequent hearings and a few bright sightings, Great Crested Flycatcher & Scarlet Tanager; also present in a few places were E. Phoebes, & at least 1 E. Kingbird. There were some birds in a lot of odd little areas that birders don't get to all that often, except in passing... the warbler discovered Monday is some proof that anything might be found anywhere, not just those well-trodden and best- known locations, in a trodden place as a-million-visitors-a-week Central Park is.
A Yellow-throated Warbler remained in the area south of 72 Street, more specifically it was for some time in the mid-day & afternoon in trees at the s. & s.w. edges of Sheep Meadow, that is north of a path that parallels the W. 66 Street transverse road. It was singing even in rather dismal & chill weather, and so were some of the other songbirds including the above, as well as the more numerous Hermit Thrushes. Warblers besides the rarer one noted included at least a dozen species, with Ovenbird, both Waterthrush spp., N. Parula, Prairie, and others previously-noted found. It seemed some of the waterfowl present recently may have moved on. A quick look at the reservoir & lake did not reveal any uncommon species, but it's well worth looking at almost any water body or shoreline with some of the sightings that have made news in the region (as well as eyes to the skies...)!
good - "where the Zone-tailed Hawk flies by the Ptarmigan" [northeastern] - birding...
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