Wednesday, 4 April, 2012 Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City
Not entirely expected on the day's (last night's) good early push of northbound migrants was a (first of year, for me) Louisiana Waterthrush, seen calling but not singing in the 5 minutes of nice observation low in the so-called "oven" (aka "willow rock" to more veteran CP-birders) in the south section of the Ramble. (The "oven" is immediately west of The Point, which lies in the Ramble just a bit west of the Loeb Boathouse cafe, and is along The Lake, in it's eastern reaches. If the waterthrush does not show at the "oven" a stroll down the Point, where there are wet spots on the west side of the pathway, or more obviously at the flowing waters along the Gill (a small strream that flows thru the Ramble, from it's source above Azalea Pond in the central ramble area, west out & down to the Lake - in it's larger portion.) There are clearly a lot more migrants today than any previous this spring, at least for variety of species within this urban park... & more reports are sure to follow from all around our region. A lot of migrants were singing, even if I did not happen to have that happen for my waterthrush sighting early on. Good 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/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/ --
