There were about two hours on Sunday without rain and I tried to make the most of it. I birded in the North of the park along the Pool and the Loch. It was so dark, I missed most of the birds I would have liked to have photographed. Luckily, I didn’t walk way completely empty handed.
On a gray Saturday afternoon, the park was very quiet with little activity in the Rambles. I did find a few warblers: a Wilson’s Warbler, a few Black and White Warblers, a great many American Redstarts, a Black-throated Blue Warbler, and a Magnolia Warbler.
Ruby-throated Hummingbirds are back in the park. These pictures were taken on Wednesday evening in the Wildflower Meadow of Central Park’s North Woods.
Tuesday evening, I got a new hybrid for my Central Park list, a Lawrence’s Warbler, which is a Blue-Winged/Golden Winged Warbler hybrid. The Blue-Winged/Golden Winged Warbler hybrids are discussed in great detail in the Warblers book in the Peterson Field Guide series. The book has a great set of color plates that many Central Park birders have cut out and bound into a light weight, illustrated Warbler guide. If you can buy the book used, buy two, one to keep as a reference and one to cut up for the plates.
The Yellow Warblers are still being as photogenic as ever. I can’t stop posting them!
Central Park had lots of warbler sightings on Sunday, eighteen species and one hybrid. I had slept in on Sunday and missed photographing all but two species, a Black-and-white and a Yellow. Luckily, a Yellow Warbler gave me some wonderful poses among some flowers in the Wildflower meadow, so I still had a fun afternoon.
Just north of Wagner Cove, along the lake, a few Yellow Warblers have been seen the past few days. I counted four on Saturday afternoon. They are a sure sign that fall migration has begun.
