... incidentally, photographs of the recent (seen thru at least
Friday, 2 May) Central Park Yellow-throated Warbler appear to indicate
that it is of the albilora (white-lored) form, which is the somewhat
more northerly-breeding form in most cases. (if anyone has super-close
photos indicating otherwise, please share that info, thanks!)
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Saturday, 3 May, 2014 - Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City
An adult (full bright plumage) RED-HEADED Woodpecker made an
appearance at the Loch / Ravine at about 7:50 a.m. today; I ran out of
camera battery and asked a (non-birding) photographer if he'd take a
few shots of the bird, which he did & then showed them to another N.
End birder... but we did not immediately re-locate the woodpecker, &
it may have moved somewhat south of where it had been, which was high
in trees overlooking the Glenspan Arch, not far from the western end
of the Loch but viewed from the northwestern-most of Loch's the
several rustic wooden bridges. I tried looking a bit in the more open
trees at lawn & field areas on the SE section of the Pool, to the West
Drive & near & within the NW-most portion of the North Meadow
ballfields, where scattered large trees are - which might interest a
Red-headed Woodpecker, but in spring-migration sightings of that
species in Central, they can be quite flighty & mobile within the
park, and of course could also move on out, as a typically diurnal-as-
well-as-nocturnal migrant.
In the north end of the park generally there are pockets of very good
migrant activity with many (perhaps most or even more) species in
variety from that part of the park as was seen yesterday, but with a
slightly different "mix" of what was & now is common or less so,
today. Many of the more regular warbler species are certainly present
along with vireos, thrushes, flycatchers, & more, as found yesterday.
Many more sightings are sure to come forth over the day.
good luck,
Tom Fiore
Manhattan
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