After visiting the Riverside nest, I spent a few hours in the Ramble in Central Park. Birds were not abundant, but there some nice discoveries including a Prothonotary Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, Black and White Warbler, Northern Waterthrush and Green Heron.
Along with the Indigo Bunting in the grass on Saturday was a Savannah Sparrow. This is the last of the common Central Park sparrows that has alluded me, so I was happy to finally be able to add it to my Central Park list.
On Saturday, three Indigo Bunting’s were sighted at 79th Street, just west of the East Drive. One Indigo Bunting was very cooperative, spending a great deal of time in the grass with a Savannah Sparrow.
It enjoyed being able to watch the Indigo Bunting eat grass seed. It’s lower mandible (lower half of the bill) is twice as wide as the upper mandible and it can husk grass seed without skipping a beat. It was great to have such a long look at the bird.
A Great Egret caught too big a fish, just off The Point of the Lake, in Central Park this evening. It struggled to get it down, but ended up throwing it back into the water.
Although I have seen a Worm-eating Warbler a few times in Central Park, I’ve never gotten a good photograph of one until this evening. These pictures were taken around the Azalea Pond in the Ramble.
Due to the wonderful network of birders in Central Park, news quickly went out about the arrival of a Yellow-Throated Warbler in Central Park on Sunday. It was a very cooperative bird, letting everyone get great looks at it as it ate insects around the southern and western edges of the Model Boat Pond.
