Turned out to be a pretty good day in some smaller parks too! I was in Madison Sq Park, NYC (by the Flatiron Building), not birding per se, happened to glance up and there was a male Prothonotary Warbler! Thanks to Matthew & Anders for helping me get the word out.
The Prothonotary has been there for at least an hour, investigating various trees in the SW sector of the park, and singing on occasion. There was a nice diversity of other species as well: a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, single Black-throated Green & Black & White Warblers, a male Northern Parula, two Ruby-crowned Kinglets, a Red-eyed Vireo, and on the lawn, a single Ovenbird alongside at least eight Hermit Thrushes. An additional surprise was a Common Raven flying right down 23rd St, westbound! I then biked to Bryant Park, which in spite of the overall abundance today remains strangely quiet. Mostly sparrows: a Swamp & beautiful male Eastern Towhee in the maintenance area, and flocks of Chipping & White-throated in the treetops. Happy Holi... It was a festival of colors today indeed! Gabriel Willow NYC Audubon -- 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/ --
