It was kind of a crazy afternoon for warblers in Prospect Park with the highlights being GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER and CERULEAN WARBLER.
Will Pollard had been sending out tweets from the park since before 9am with various updates of warbler activity. I didn't run in until around 11:30 when he reported a Golden-winged Warbler. He had been following a mixed flock that was feeding along the lower edge of the wooded Quaker Ridge next to Center Drive. The birds were moving south towards the Quaker Cemetery. We managed to relocate the Golden-winged Warbler about 5 minutes after I arrived. Surprisingly, it was within a flock that contained Northern Waterthrush, 2 Blue-winged Warblers, a few Black-and-white Warblers, several American Redstarts, a Northern Parula (which sang a few times) and a Chestnut-sided Warbler. The golden-winged vanished shortly thereafter, but we continued scanning the saplings along the edge of the bridle path. A few minutes later a female Cerulean Warbler flew, let us watch for about 15 seconds, then continued towards the Quaker Cemetery. Sean Sime managed to refind it a couple of hours later in a tree near the cemetery entrance. At last count, the warbler list for Prospect Park today was 16 species: Ovenbird Worm-eating Warbler Northern Waterthrush Blue-winged Warbler GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER Black-and-white Warbler Nashville Warbler Hooded Warbler American Redstart CERULEAN WARBLER Northern Parula Magnolia Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Yellow Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Canada Warbler Of those I personally only saw 10 species and that's not a complaint as I don't think I've ever seen that many before in Brooklyn in mid-August. Now back to the shorebirds… Good birding, Rob http://citybirder.blogspot.com @thecitybirder -- 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/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
