EARLY this morning

 Magnolia Warbler -- photo by MURRAY HEAD - Central Park 5/10/14

Chris Cooper reports:

Earliness (thanks to swift MTA connections) paid off today. A 5:35 AM start yielded a diversity of singing males (17 warbler species incl. 4 BLACKBURNIAN Ws and a BAY-BREASTED W). Activity was best in the sun esp. around the periphery of the Ramble; by 9 AM, things had quieted down considerably, esp. in the Ramble interior.

Notable species (5:35 - 9:45 AM EDT):

BAY-BREASTED W (just S of Polish Statue)
BLACKBURNIAN W (4--Falconer's Hill, Hernshead, Balcony Bridge, Upper Lobe)

Chestnut-sided W

Black-throted Green W

Black-throted Blue W

Blackpoll W

Yellow W

Magnolia W

Yellow-rumped W

American Redstart

N Parula

Black-and-white W

Wilson's W

Canada W

Common Yellowthroat

N Waterthrush

Ovenbird

YELLOW-THROATED VIREO (Falconer's Hill)

Red-eyed Vireo

Warbling Vireo

GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH (2--Strawberry Fields [possibly Bicknell's?], the Point)

Scarlet Tanager

Indigo Bunting (1 female; after days of their omnipresence, I didn't even hear a single male)

Baltimore Oriole (heard only)

E Wood-Pewee

E Kingbird

House Wren

N Rough-winged Swallow

Spotted Sandpiper

--Chris Cooper