The southerly winds returned and the rain departed early enough for the last rays of the sun to help warm up the evening. Opportunity to cut out of the office and cross to Bryant Park during rush hour. Believe I met Tom Rhindress who was very helpful in pointing out the male Orchard Oriole high up in the London Planes along the southern edge of the lawn - nice replacement for the Prothonotary which may have taken the winds out the Oriole arrived in on. Caught the Catbirds, Thrasher, B&Ws, Yellow-rumps but missed the Palm, Kingbird, and Blue-headed. The vocal Ovenbird was strutting among the bags of compost along 40th street. Since the compost section was roped off from humans, the Ovenbird was part of a fashionable runway of Whitethroats chasing handsome Swampys, a weaving Hermit Thrush and the bouncer Catbird.
Happy Birding Alan Drogin -- 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/ --
