After missing yesterday's big push of birds into Alley Pond Park, I came early today hoping some of them stuck around, particularly the Connecticut warbler found by Eric Miller and Harry east of Decadon Pond. I struck out on the Connecticut, saw nothing at the ballfields, and had few warblers elsewhere in the park before dejectedly leaving at about 10:30.
On the way back to Suffolk, I stopped at Garvies, hoping to get a Cape May to cheer me up. There I met Barbara Garriel, Joan Parry, and new birder Shelly. While we did not see any of the numerous Cape Mays we had seen the day before, the birding was surprisingly good. Twelve species of warbler were seen along with several scarlet tanagers, male and female RB grosbeaks, oriole, red-eyed vireo and Osprey. The biggest surprise was a somewhat late blue-winged warbler near the intersection of trails 4 and 5. The biggest disappointment was not getting more than a brief look at a baypoll with a rich yellowish-green unmarked breast. (Still waiting for my FOS unconditional bay-breasted) The biggest highlight was seeing 3 Tennessee warblers simultaneously in the same shrub. (The last time that happened to me was at Little Alley Pond before they ruined it by removing the aralia and obscuring the meadow with new plantings.) Warbler list: Tennessee Blue-winged Nashville Blackpoll Magnolia Palm BT Green BT Blue Black and White Parula Common yellowthroat Redstart Happy Fall Birding! Peter -- 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/ --
