Very busy morning on my monthly Wave Hill bird walk (2nd Sunday of every month, free). We had very few participants, presumably due to the rainy weather earlier this AM or to Mother's Day plans, but it was their loss as it was a wonderful morning of birding, approaching fallout conditions.
We walked for 2 hours, the clouds cleared and the sun briefly came out towards the end of the walk, causing a frenzy of activity in the flowering oaks. A highlight was a soaring Broad-winged Hawk being harassed by grackles. FOY Eastern Kingbird Three vireo species: Red-eyed Blue-headed Yellow-throated Many singing male warblers, 14 spp total: Ovenbird Black-and-White Warbler (many) Common Yellowthroat American Redstart Northern Parula Magnolia Warbler (FOY, several) Yellow Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Palm Warbler (females) Yellow-rumped Warbler (many, both sexes) Prairie Warbler (2 singing males) Black-throated Green Warbler (many) Wilson's Warbler (FOY, male) Rose-breasted Grosbeak (several) Baltimore Orioles (many) Orchard Oriole (2 singing makes, 1 female) I'm sure there are more birds that I missed. I'm going to go look for more now in fact! Happy Mother's Day Birding, Gabriel Willow Wave Hill Nyc Audubon -- 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/ --
