[nysbirds-l] Central Park, May 12
My overall impression of birding today is that whilst numbers are down from the weekend, there are plenty of great birds to see. I started at the Pool where I saw a Solitary Sandpiper on the grass, and where there were surprising numbers of Northern Waterthrush. I saw at least 6 in the first 10 minutes. Unfortunately I was called out of the park, but returned to the Ramble at about 11 AM. I will not list all that I saw but the highlights were just that: a very cooperative Bay-breasted Warbler near the boat concession by the Boathouse, followed closely by a Prothonotary Warbler at the Point, and a very skulky Yellow-breasted Chat seen 3 times by me, and finally by others at the Maintenance Meadow. I capped off the afternoon by seeing a Clay-colored Sparrow just southeast of the playground at the 85th and CPW entrance to the park. There had reportedly been 2 there earlier, with another reported from Strawberry Fields. Dawn Hannay -- 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park, May 12
My overall impression of birding today is that whilst numbers are down from the weekend, there are plenty of great birds to see. I started at the Pool where I saw a Solitary Sandpiper on the grass, and where there were surprising numbers of Northern Waterthrush. I saw at least 6 in the first 10 minutes. Unfortunately I was called out of the park, but returned to the Ramble at about 11 AM. I will not list all that I saw but the highlights were just that: a very cooperative Bay-breasted Warbler near the boat concession by the Boathouse, followed closely by a Prothonotary Warbler at the Point, and a very skulky Yellow-breasted Chat seen 3 times by me, and finally by others at the Maintenance Meadow. I capped off the afternoon by seeing a Clay-colored Sparrow just southeast of the playground at the 85th and CPW entrance to the park. There had reportedly been 2 there earlier, with another reported from Strawberry Fields. Dawn Hannay -- 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/ --
