[nysbirds-l] Connecticut Warbler, Brooklyn - Green-Wood Cemetery
This morning, Tripper Paul and I came across a *Connecticut Warbler* in Green-Wood Cemetery. It flushed out of a patch of unmowed grass at the base of the slope on the north side of the Dell Water, and flew into the woods on the slope. We quickly re-found it in the dark understory (seemingly better habitat for CONW than where it originally was), where it perched in one place for a minute or two, as the species often does after flying off the ground. We saw it one further time a short while later, similarly perched a foot or two off the forest floor, before it dropped down and melted back into the woods. The cemetery was very active in general, with other low density migrant highlights being a very active *Yellow-bellied Flycatcher* adjacent to the Crescent Water, and at least 3 *Bay-breasted Warblers*. Other species with relatively strong showings were American Redstart, Red-eyed Vireo, and Common Yellowthroat (all three were abundant), and Eastern Wood-Pewee and Veery. Good Birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] Connecticut Warbler, Brooklyn - Green-Wood Cemetery
This morning, Tripper Paul and I came across a *Connecticut Warbler* in Green-Wood Cemetery. It flushed out of a patch of unmowed grass at the base of the slope on the north side of the Dell Water, and flew into the woods on the slope. We quickly re-found it in the dark understory (seemingly better habitat for CONW than where it originally was), where it perched in one place for a minute or two, as the species often does after flying off the ground. We saw it one further time a short while later, similarly perched a foot or two off the forest floor, before it dropped down and melted back into the woods. The cemetery was very active in general, with other low density migrant highlights being a very active *Yellow-bellied Flycatcher* adjacent to the Crescent Water, and at least 3 *Bay-breasted Warblers*. Other species with relatively strong showings were American Redstart, Red-eyed Vireo, and Common Yellowthroat (all three were abundant), and Eastern Wood-Pewee and Veery. Good Birding -Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- 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/ --
