Wednesday, September 21, 2011

A not-very-Scarlet Tanager and others

Scarlet Tanager -- fall plumage --9/23/07
Photo by LLOYD SPITALNIK

9/21/11

On a humid morning in the Ramble, my American Museum of Natural History bird walk was able to find some warblers in the park. The most active areas were the south side of Turtle Pond and the Maintenance Meadow. Highlights included:
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Tupelo Meadow)
Eastern Phoebe (Maintenance Meadow)
Brown Thrasher (Maintenance Meadow)
Red-eyed Vireo (Maintenance Meadow)
Northern Parula (Maintenance Meadow & Turtle Pond)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Turtle Pond)
Magnolia Warbler (Maintenance Meadow & Turtle Pond)
Black-throated Green Warbler (Turtle Pond) Pine Warbler (Turtle Pond)
Blackpoll Warbler (Turtle Pond)
Black-and-white Warbler (Maintenance Meadow)
American Redstart (Maintenance Meadow)
Canada Warbler (Turtle Pond)
Scarlet Tanager (Maintenance Meadow)

Joe DiCostanzo