We've had the perfect confluence since last Friday of weather (two cold fronts) and urban duty (re-seeding the Bryant Park lawn) attracting many migrants to chase insects in the shaded corners of the park's human-free expanse. Although not everything from Sam Stuart's last two great reports stuck around long - Redstarts, plenty of Common Yellow-throats, and one Palm (Western) have been out on the lawn every day this week - joined by one immature Song Sparrow.
This morning before 10am, I caught the chicken-walk of a Connecticut Warbler skulking around the Begonia's surrounding the birdbath in the northeast corner. Larger and greener than the nervous Common Yellow-throats surrounding it, my encounter was brief, a tourist-birder from Norway interrupted my concentration and it took off for the London Planes over the Grill. I could not find it again during lunch. However, added a Northern Waterthrush near the ice cream stand and a Yellow, a Black-throated Green, and a Magnolia in the trees. Happy Midtown 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/ --
