Thursday, 14 April, 2016 Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City Another cool start, and another previous night with at least modest movement locally, on light winds. Sort of a no-brainer that when a Yellow-throated Warbler was found in Central, with the nice arrival of the species locally, there wasn't the slightest doubt about it. Nice also to find plenty of birders enjoying a bird (& which many wished to observe) without the outrageous & unethical playing of any recordings that can & do disturb migrants, as well as resident & (most worrisomely- and illegally if done with intent to disturb), breeding or potentially-breeding species.
Thanks to Anders P. for his good efforts with this much-wanted species & to the many, many others who act responsibly, reasonably, & intelligently as well in their approach to bird observations. It really is not tough to watch, enjoy, & learn much about birds, and yet not stress them in any way - show patience with the birds, and they'll sometimes show surprisingly well. And a fine example to set for those still learning the myriad ways & wonders of the natural world. A far more regular migrant, & just slightly 'early' was a Blue-headed Vireo in the Ramble, near the upper lobe's east slopes. Present in the park today were (at least) the 3 most-regular Swallow species: Barn, Tree, & N. Rough-winged. A few Sharp-shinned Hawks were among migrating raptors seen moving in the a.m. hours. quiet & respectful 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/ --
