Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City Wed. 3 April, 2013
It's the lull in spring migration here; at least it seems more departure than arrival is taking place in the past few days. In a walk (4/3) that took in the full length of the park, fewer of certain over-wintering and migrant species such as White-throated Sparrow were seen, which will surely be re-invigorated as fresh migrants flow thru in weeks to come. Even E. Phoebes are still very hard to come by 3 days into April, and (it seems) nary a warbler... unless one wants to buy into April Fool's Day report from Central Park. Tuesday featured some birds headed north in the a.m. hours, then seen actually turning around & flying south again as they reached the n. end. This can be a "morning flight" sort of phenomenon but it sure looked like a few of the birds could've been thinking, why did I leave s. Texas for the frost of the northeast... Warmer days coming... Tom Fiore, Manhattan -- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
