First, I want to say thank you to Karen for alerting me to the Kentucky Warbler. I had been walking back and forth on the ash loop trail long enough to practically be on a first name basis with all the other birds seen.
The KW seen was the individual with the odd 2 part song. There is a deer trail off of the ash loop trail in "B" area of Arie's very helpful map. If you are coming from the intersection with the overlook trail, it will be on the right hand side after the ash loop trail begins to straighten out. The deer trail with come to small clearing. Long pants are recommended. There is a small, bare tree thea the KW prefers to sing from. He will also perch in a tree behind the small bare tree. I've included a link to a less than stellar photo of the tree that I snapped with my phone after he flew off to make his rounds. He came back three times while I was there. The link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bri3n/5824876898/in/photostream/ Also of interest was a pair of calling great horned owls. Birds sighted in no particular order: great blue heron hairy woodpecker red bellied woodpecker pileated woodpecker rose breasted grosbeak n. cardinal am. robin catbird indigo bunting blue jay am. crow yellow warbler blue winged warbler american redstart kentucky warbler e. towhee r.w. blackbird -- "If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago. If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos. " -E.O. Wilson -- 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/ --
