Friday & Saturday, 25 & 26 March, 2016
A male Eastern Bluebird was found late Friday (3/25) on the Great
Hill, by Tom Perlman; presumably that same individual was present most
of today in the area, but had moved to a bit to the east, near the
Blockhouse. At 5:30 p.m. on a stroll in that n. area of the park, I
encountered a photographer (a visitor from Russia, not a birder) who
was clearly focused on a bird in a nearby tree and on glancing up,
there was Sialis sialis, the E. Bluebird.
I asked the photog. if he 'knew' the bird, & he replied it reminded
him a little of one he has seen at home, but "less blue"... my
sighting & his was a bit south of the Blockhouse, & the bird moved
somewhat farther south in a small patch of woods as we watched. I
think this was a first-of-year for the park but can't be sure. In
other birds, more generally there were Golden-crowned Kinglets in
various locations, and at least several Pine Warblers.
E. Bluebird may be annual in Central but varies from rare to very
uncommon; most don't seem to linger long there.
good birding,
Tom Fiore
Manhattan
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