Towards the end of our trip to Doodletown in Bear Mountain State Park on Saturday, my wife Tracy and myself came across Steve Bauer who alerted us to the presence of a Kentucky Warbler about 100 yards up from the "center" of town there. We found the location and soon were able to hear the bird singing loudly but he wasn't showing himself. We were tired and took the opportunity to rest a bit. Tracy had the bird staked out near where it had been reported to show itself and I was uphill a bit with a good view of the area.
When I walked down to join Tracy a yellowish bird flew across the trail and landed in a brush pile by the intersection. It was the Kentucky and when Tracy joined me we were tracking it through the low brush. At one point there were two birds chasing each other and when they landed one was the Kentucky. The bird was active and at one point both of us were on the Kentucky but we were looking at different birds, Tracy lost hers then got on mine, which wasn't moving, thereby confirming two Kentucky Warblers! They flew off just after that so there was no opportunity to see if there was the slight sexual dimorphism described in Sibley - they may be squabbling males or a flirting pair. Rob Bate Brooklyn, NY -- 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/ --
