Fall Migration begins

Yellow Warbler


Northern Waterthrush
Photos by Cal Vornberger
[both during Spring Migration}


I know, it's only July 26th, but the Fall migration has definitely begun. Last week Ben Cacace "spotted" a Spotted Sandpaper at the Reservoir, almost certainly an early migrant on the way south. And this morning the Early Birders saw two southbound warblers, a Northern Waterthrush near Hernshead and a Yellow Warbler on the south side of Turtle Pond. Both warblers are among the earliest arrivals in Central Park in the Spring. Not surprisingly they are in the vanguard for the Fall journey south.