I led my twice-weekly bird walk in Bryant Park (that little patch of green between 40th & 42nd St from 5th to 6th Ave) this morning from 8-9am. Things are really picking up there!
Most of the activity was high in the treetops, with a few birds skulking in flower beds and various corners. There were many warblers way up in the foliage that I couldn't see well enough to ID, so this is almost certainly an incomplete list. The most abundant migrants were Gray Catbirds and Ovenbirds, which seemed to be under every shrub and table, and confusingly were high in the London Plane trees as well. Highlights of the walk were 2 late-seeming Prairie Warblers (a male and a female), and a Lincoln's Sparrow that landed in a plane at the NE corner of the lawn, near the Library. Full list: Double-crested Cormorant (flyover flock, headed West) Rock Pigeon Red-eyed Vireo European Starling (actually unusual in the park, but a pair is now nesting) American Robin Swainson's Thrush Wood Thrush Gray Catbird (many) Northern Parula Yellow Warbler Magnolia Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler (several) Prairie Warbler (2) Black-and-White Warbler Ovenbird Common Yellowthroat Eastern Towhee White-throated Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow Baltimore Oriole (flyover) House Sparrow May the Birds Be With You, Gabriel Willow NYC Audubon etc. -- 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/ --
