A beautiful day along the west side of the Hudson River at Bear Mountain State Park (BMSP) produced a number of good birds. On our way to Doodletown from the Palisades Parkway through BMSP we picked up singing Tennessee and Worm-eating Warblers. Upon arriving at Doodletown and commencing our hike up the path we were greeted by numerous Cerulean Warblers, the most we can recall seeing and hearing in the last few years. Beyond Timp Brook, as the trail climbs an Olive-sided Flycatcher was hawking insects from the top of a dead snag. We ran into a group of birders who alerted us to the presence of a Kentucky Warbler. We walked along the 1777 trail (north side of the main trail) and heard the Kentucky but could not see it. A little later we heard the same (or a second bird) singing on the south side of the trail. This bird was uncooperative until it came closer to the main trail and we realized it was calling from twenty feet up in a tree. it briefly posed for a few photos, one of which I posted at http://www.flickr.com/photos/kfeustel/
We saw a number of Blue-winged Warblers at Doodletown, in addition to observing a non-singing Brewster's Warbler. At Iona Island, we observed another Worm-eating Warbler, a few Orchard Orioles, and not much else. We headed to Mine Road where every year we marvel at the number of Indigo Buntings singing along the roadway. There was a report of a Golden-winged Warbler but all we found were more Blue-winged Warblers and a singing Brewster's (singing a Golden-winged song). On balance, there seemed to be more local breeders present than migrants. We did manage a few Canada Warblers, one Magnolia, two Black-throated Blues, two Black-throated Greens, and a few Parula Warblers. Ken & Sue Feustel -- 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/ --
