Thanks, Angus...I find this discussion very interesting. I agree about the "trap" qualities of Bryant Park, though I do hope that many of the birds eventually move on. (A pair of park workers once told me that they call in animal rehab often for disoriented Woodcocks, so at least those birds survive.)
The gender disparity in Yellowthroats intrigues me as well. I've been trying to check the park about once a week since last fall, and there have been Yellowthroats there nearly every visit aside from deep winter. And virtually every time there have been more males than females. That amazing day last month (with the Mourning Warbler on the lawn of Madison Square Park), when I saw 16 Yellowthroats on the lawn at Bryant Park, 10 of them were male...and that was actually a lower ratio than usual, though obv a larger sample size. (And speaking of Madison Sq. Park...the male/female Yellowthroat ratio has been similarly skewed when I've searched there...a small-park thing?) Thanks again--Joe -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
