The tale of the yellow-throated warbler in Central Park.
We arrived in Central Park about 3:00pm on Friday searching for one of the many reported yellow-throated warblers. The one that seemed most promising and nearby was the bird on 59th street. So, Sandy, Susan and I began our search. It was last seen on the bridge and we immediately went to that location to try and find it. Sadly, we did not but we did find many other spring migrants. Blue gray gnatcatcher gave us glorious looks, two wayward field sparrows were grazing at just a few feet away. Kinglets everywhere, and a few warblers. After 3 hours we gave up and were sitting on a bench in the Hallet looking for nearby birds when my phone rang....
We arrived in Central Park about 3:00pm on Friday searching for one of the many reported yellow-throated warblers. The one that seemed most promising and nearby was the bird on 59th street. So, Sandy, Susan and I began our search. It was last seen on the bridge and we immediately went to that location to try and find it. Sadly, we did not but we did find many other spring migrants. Blue gray gnatcatcher gave us glorious looks, two wayward field sparrows were grazing at just a few feet away. Kinglets everywhere, and a few warblers. After 3 hours we gave up and were sitting on a bench in the Hallet looking for nearby birds when my phone rang....
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