Today, after a very late start (~ 4:15 PM) I ventured to the Avalon Woods East Farms Preserve located in Head of the Harbor, Suffolk Co., in search of the Kentucky Warbler found by Mathews & Keith Cashman this morning. Armed with Keith's mention of the Yellow Trail, deep hollow & huge boulder, combined with Patrice Domeischel's* keen ears (my poor hearing became more so, due to forgetting to put my hearing aids in today) we heard, but did not see the bird. Before I arrived, Patrice had heard, what she thought was the Kentucky, many times, but because she had never seen the species, was hesitant to call it. She must have pointed out the birds vocalizations at least a dozen times to me, until it sang loud enough to register on me, ~ 3 to 4 times !
During the approx. 2 hours I spent at Avalon, I had a total of 3 warblers. The 1st was an A. Redstart, with the 2nd being a male Cerulean. I only had a "snatch" of the flying bird (just inside the 2nd parking lot on the L/S of Shep Jones La.) before it disappeared through the tree-line. The blue & white plumage was emphatic (no yellow), the size was warbler, and it certainly was not a Tree Swallow, a specie well represented at this location. Cheers, Bob *Patrice is a board member of the host, Four Harbors Audubon Chapter. -- 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/ --
