Easter Sunday, April 4th - In Central Park (Manhattan, N.Y. City) the (first-of-spring in N.Y. County) Louisiana Waterthrush was heard chipping & the singing before 7 am, and seen & heard later on by many observers at the Loch. Also present in Central Park again were at least one male N. Parula (& which is still quite early for that species), Palm & Pine Warblers, & a couple of Yellow-rumped [Myrtle] Warblers (not unusual to have just a few of that species show earlier than the main arrival of Myrtles which is some weeks away); that’s five warbler species just in Central, with the sixth warbler in Manhattan: the lingering overwintered Orange-crowned which, along with the overwintered female Western Tanager, each continue at Carl Schurz Park off East End Avenue.
Thanks to many for bird observations & reports. Many nature-lovers out on the nice day, even as 90% of NYC birders have made the happy pilgrimmage to Prospect Park for a *very nice Martin*, & which has also introduced a few to the wonders of that excellent Brooklyn NYC park, the one that was built by the same people who created Central, but with lessons learned and utilized in the design of one of the great parks of this country. Many lovely blooms to savor in whichever NYC park or green space now & with more of all that to come, and at least a few new migrant birds as well on the warming weather. good birding to all, Tom Fiore manhattan -- 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/ --
