We saw & heard some nice stuff on my NYC Audubon walk around the Great Hill area of Central Park this evening. Several warblers remain around the sapsucker wells to the NW corner of the Great Hill (to the left of the fenced-in area by the bathrooms). There were 2, possibly 3 bright Cape May Warblers, 2 Black-throated Blue Warblers (1 male, 1 female), an American Redstart, a Vermivora I saw briefly but couldn't ID (Orange-crowned or Tennessee, leaning towards the latter), a Blue-headed Vireo, and of course a number of Sapsuckers.
It seems like there's a movement in the last couple days of species that largely passed through earlier, but there's some stragglers. Yesterday and today in this same area I heard (but didn't see) a Rose-breasted Grosbeak, and yesterday I had a female Indigo Bunting there as well (closer to the 103 St entrance). The other highlight this evening was a flyover Common Nighthawk, spotted from the Great Hill (t was headed southward); 3 Field Sparrows, several Swamp Sparrows, and numerous Kinglets of both species. Beautiful fall day in the park! Cheers, Gabriel Willow NYC Audubon -- 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/ --
