Just seen at the ravine. Possibly two birds. I saw one at the high meadow moving north and now one at the ravine. I will post my photos later.
Luke Musher Harlem, NY Sent from my iPhone > On May 3, 2014, at 8:25 AM, Thomas Fiore <tom...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > ... 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!) > __________________ > 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 > > > > > > -- > > 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/ > > -- -- 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/ --
