Thanks as always for the detailed report Tom (and for the shout-out you gave me yesterday!).
I'll add a couple of sightings from my NYC Audubon walk this evening: we had two Field Sparrows in that patch of fragrant sumac between Cherry Hill & the Lower Lobe (by where the weeping willow used to stand). Over the lake we had the two lingering Northern Rough-winged Swallows with a pair of Barn & one Tree Swallow. While we were watching them, a Black-crowned Night-Heron flew in and roosted nearby in a willow. Warbler-wise, all we had were Palm, Yellow-rumped (many), B&W, and we heard but couldn't spot a singing N. Parula. We also had a number of Blue-gray Gnatcatchers (which apparently are nesting again in Prospect Park, so that would be worth keeping an eye out for in CP as well). It was an awfully chilly, damp, and windy evening though, and I got the sense that many birds, like the birders, were laying low. Cheers, Gabriel Willow NYC Audubon > On Apr 29, 2014, at 9:01 PM, Thomas Fiore <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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... > > Tom Fiore, > Manhattan > > > > -- > > 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/ > > -- -- 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/ --
