Warm weather and southerly winds finally arrived and with it a nice collection of early spring migrants. Pine and Palm Warblers were in attendance, along with good numbers of Golden-crowned Kinglets. The previous swallow influx over the South Pond seems to have disappeared, with a small number of Tree Swallows still flying high overhead. Rusty Blackbirds were in good numbers, mixed in with the Red-winged Blackbirds along the creek. The pair of Blue-winged Teal were still present on Lily Pond.
After birding HLSP for a few hours this morning, we were at home when Andrew Baksh's timely post (courtesy of Sam Janazzo and Joan Quinlan) about a Yellow-throated Warbler in the picnic area west of the parking lot sent us scurrying back to the park. Upon arrival at HLSP, there were a good number of birders watching the warbler, which obligingly flitted about in a small tree ten feet in front of us. A photograph of the Yellow-throated Warbler and a few other birds observed this morning can be found on my flickr site. Good Birding To All, Ken & Sue Feustel http://www.flickr.com/photos/kfeustel/ -- 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/ --
