Sorry this post is late...blame it on yesterday's 5 AM rise, combined with a lot of walking ! I tried for the Swainson's Warbler at Central Park from mid-morning to early afternoon, only to come up "a day late and a dollar short" ! Birding was slow, by C. Pk's standards, with the highlights for me being a FOY Cape May Warbler (female) seen at "The Oven", thanks to a chance meeting with Doug Futuyama near "Azalea Pond", as well as a FOY White-eyed Vireo !
Although my trip into the city was accomplished by the use of car, train and subway, as I was back on the train heading toward Rockville Centre, I couldn't help but think of Nathan Goldberg, a young man I met earlier, while looking for the Swainson's. He could only spend a short time longer looking for the bird, due to his having to get back to Ithaca in time to take a test at 3 PM. He had been looking for the warbler since 6 AM, after only getting ~ 45 minutes sleep prior to "giving it the old college try" ! I can only hope he arrived safely and aced the test...what spirit, optimism and intrepidness ! Cheers, Bob -- 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/ --
