Wilson's all over
Wilson's wasn't the only very abundant warbler. Sunday we saw eleven Magnolia Warblers,
That's a Magnolia, sugar
which is a lot, and nine Redstarts, which is not too few.
American Redstart disapproves of you
Friday I saw eleven Ovenbirds, but they seem to have mostly moved on (only three on Sunday), or maybe they were just less noticeable with all the other activity. Other warblers were frequent as well. I even got a Tennessee Warbler on Friday, my first of the year, and a couple of Blackpolls on Sunday (also FOY).
And then there were rarities. This fella showed up roosting in a tree near Azalea Pond:
Yellow-Crowned Night Heron
Yellow-crowned Night Heron, a life bird for me, and I not something that shows up in Central Park often. If ever. And we (Elena and I and our friend Melissa) ran into a group of birders near the Weather Station who were looking at a Yellow-Billed Cuckoo.
Yellow-Billed Cuckoo
OK, those come through every year. One or two, anyway--so you don't necessarily see them every year. I didn't get a Yellow-Billed last year, for instance.
A couple of other first-of-year birds for me his weekend were Olive-sided Flycatcher (at the northeast corner of Azalea Pond, favoring the bare branches at the top of a tall snag--I think the same bird visits there every migration) and Eastern Kingbird (at least one at Turtle Pond).
any question as to why they call him the King-Bird?
That all puts me at 153 species in New York County this year.
Some nice birds continue, as well. A Summer Tanager has been hanging around Turtle Pond the last few days.
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanagers have been pretty frequent, as well.
any excuse is a good excuse to post a photo of a Scarlet Tanager
And, well, almost everything else. Really an astounding migration season.
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