The Rumble of the Ramble

Central Park, NYC

Sunday 23 September 2018 69 °F

Today with my mom was an AMAZING, nearly fallout day at the ramble in Central Park! MANY, MANY birds were around, and songbirds were in abundance! I also met many, many birders who had the same idea as me, including a kind man named Richard with whom I birded for quite a while.

BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLERS abounded and were quite cooperative:

SWAINSON’S THRUSH:

NORTHERN PARULA:

GRAY CATBIRD:

Its relative the BROWN THRASHER:

SCARLET TANAGER:

MAGNOLIA WARBLER:

WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH:

CEDAR WAXWINGS:

This female BLACK-THROATED BLUE was a nice surprise:

And the male was even better!

There was one patch of The Ramble with flowering plants and RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS like this cooperative individual abounded:

RED-EYED VIREO:

And its cousin, the PHILADELPHIA VIREO, which was an identification puzzle for a while but turned out to be a highlight of the morning!

ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS:

This WOOD THRUSH, a declining species, was also nice:

And its uncommon relative the GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH:

Male COMMON YELLOWTHROAT:

NASHVILLE WARBLER:

TENNESSEE WARBLER:

BLUE JAYS like this were very common:

This BLACKPOLL WARBLER was nice!

Then, we took the subway to the Chelsea Market and ate Vietnemese sandwiches in a small park near there. Amazingly, in the middle of Manhattan, migrants abounded — a true fallout! AMERICAN REDSTART:

And this secretive species, a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, was a particularly surprising find in that busy Manhattan park!

Bird-of-the-day to the Black-throated Blue Warblers with runner-up to the Philadelphia Vireo. A GREAT day in Central Park! Stay tuned for more migration fun here in NY!

Good birding,
Henry
World Life List: 953 Species

Posted by skwclar 17:54 Archived in USA