[nysbirds-l] Swainson's Warbler Manhattan NYC 4/28 - Finder & Identifiers

2016-04-28 Thread Donna Schulman 
>From Alice Deutsch on the New York Birders FB page: Note that it was
spotted by Katie (correction from Kathy) from Long Island and she asked me
and Andrew R to id it. After recovering from our OMG moment we told her
what the bird was and I tweeted it.

Katie is Katie Kleinpeter. Thank you Katie!!! and thank you Alice and
Andrew for the identification and getting the word out so quickly.

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*Donna L. SchulmanForest Hills, NY + North Brunswick,
njqueensgir...@gmail.com *

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On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 12:14 PM, Thomas Fiore  wrote:

> The Swainson's Warbler is continuing to be seen at nearly-noon, and
> possibly heard singing at intervals as well, in the area already described
> for this morning - at Strawberry Fields within Central Park (Manhattan,
> NYC) & nearest park entrance being West 72 Street & Central Park West.
>
> Closest possible subway stop is a local-only "B" or "C" train at West 72
> St. & Central Park West, i.e. within yards of where the bird is being
> seen.  Transfer point is one stop away on those lines, at Columbus Circle
> (West 59 Street) station, which is a #1 train stop as well as for the "A" &
> "D" express trains - all of which stop at the latter. The West 72 St. stop
> on Central Park West is local-only, no express trains stop there.  (a
> farther-away express stop is also located at Broadway and West 72 Streeet,
> on the #2 and #3 train lines (as well as #1 local) but will take a fast
> walker 15 minutes or more to walk up from Broadway, east to Central Park.
> There are also a number of bus lines that are in the immediate area, & even
> a few possible express-bus stops, for which I do not have any details.
>
> Parking could be problematic as always in week-day mid-Manhattan.
>
> Tom Fiore
> Manhattan
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[nysbirds-l] Swainson's Warbler Manhattan NYC 4/28 - Finder & Identifiers

2016-04-28 Thread Donna Schulman 
>From Alice Deutsch on the New York Birders FB page: Note that it was
spotted by Katie (correction from Kathy) from Long Island and she asked me
and Andrew R to id it. After recovering from our OMG moment we told her
what the bird was and I tweeted it.

Katie is Katie Kleinpeter. Thank you Katie!!! and thank you Alice and
Andrew for the identification and getting the word out so quickly.

*---*



*Donna L. SchulmanForest Hills, NY + North Brunswick,
njqueensgir...@gmail.com *

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On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 12:14 PM, Thomas Fiore  wrote:

> The Swainson's Warbler is continuing to be seen at nearly-noon, and
> possibly heard singing at intervals as well, in the area already described
> for this morning - at Strawberry Fields within Central Park (Manhattan,
> NYC) & nearest park entrance being West 72 Street & Central Park West.
>
> Closest possible subway stop is a local-only "B" or "C" train at West 72
> St. & Central Park West, i.e. within yards of where the bird is being
> seen.  Transfer point is one stop away on those lines, at Columbus Circle
> (West 59 Street) station, which is a #1 train stop as well as for the "A" &
> "D" express trains - all of which stop at the latter. The West 72 St. stop
> on Central Park West is local-only, no express trains stop there.  (a
> farther-away express stop is also located at Broadway and West 72 Streeet,
> on the #2 and #3 train lines (as well as #1 local) but will take a fast
> walker 15 minutes or more to walk up from Broadway, east to Central Park.
> There are also a number of bus lines that are in the immediate area, & even
> a few possible express-bus stops, for which I do not have any details.
>
> Parking could be problematic as always in week-day mid-Manhattan.
>
> Tom Fiore
> Manhattan
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