Date: Wednesday, 20 April 2011 (12:15-1:05p; 5:07-7:00p) Location: Bryant Park - between 40th & 42nd St. off 6th Ave. Reported by: Ben Cacace
The lunch hour tour was not so active so when I read the email from Matthew on the bonanza of birds he found after I left I made a point to revisit the park after work. Here is Matthew's note from 1:19pm today: < http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ebirdsnyc/message/8869 >. I missed seeing the Orchard Oriole but did pick up a GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH feeding on worms in the cracks of the pavement in the cordoned off area in the southeast section of the park. It had the unmistakable light crescents behind its eyes, a warm toned tail with little warmth to the coloring on the head and back. The tail never bobbed like the nearby HERMIT THRUSHES. The WOOD THRUSH was spotted in the garden bordering the Great "Lawn" along with the CHIPPING SPARROW mentioned in Matthew's report. Weather for 20-Apr for Central Park (12:00p-6:51p) < http://tinyurl.com/3dnxoud >: - Conditions: Overcast - Haze - Temperature: 48.2 to 61.0 F - Wind direction: Variable / NE / W / NNE / SE - Wind speed: 3 - 6 mph (no gusts reported) ** Total species - 10 ** Personal abundance categories based on over 125 visits to the park. 'Rare' seen up to several times [3 spp]: - Gray-cheeked Thrush - 1 feeding for worms in sidewalk cracks, SE section - Wood Thrush - 1 in SE border garden around the Great "Lawn" - Chipping Sparrow - 1 in SE border garden around the Great "Lawn" 'Common' seen 1-7 out of every 10 visits [4 spp]: - Hermit Thrush - 3+; appears smaller & more compact than GCTH. Has a complete thin eyering. - Song Sparrow - 3+ - Swamp Sparrow - 1 on cordoned off pavement in SE section - Dark-eyed Junco - 1 above the restaurant seating area 'Abundant' seen more than 7 out of every 10 visits [3 spp]: - Rock Pigeon - 24+ - White-throated Sparrow - 6+ - House Sparrow - 24+ Taxonomic order: - Rock Pigeon - 24+ - Gray-cheeked Thrush - 1 feeding for worms in sidewalk cracks, SE section - Hermit Thrush - 3+; appears smaller & more compact than GCTH. Has a complete thin eyering. - Wood Thrush - 1 in SE border garden around the Great "Lawn" - Chipping Sparrow - 1 in SE border garden around the Great "Lawn" - Song Sparrow - 3+ - Swamp Sparrow - 1 on cordoned off pavement in SE section - White-throated Sparrow - 6+ - Dark-eyed Junco - 1 above the restaurant seating area - House Sparrow - 24+ -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
