Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Continuing Yellow Throated and Prothonotary plus some

Both the YELLOW THROATED and PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS continue their stay today --good news for birders. Plus there are a few sparrows to add to the day's list.

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The YELLOW THROATED WARBLER continues its presence as usual at the Lower Pool back gate with some short traveling towards the Upper Pool back shoreline. Where a large oak timber is in the water, the bird frequents this area. But I was told it ventures to the Upper Pool back shore where next to a fence is a broken snag. This is where the bird comes down to the water.

Meanwhile the PROTHONOTARY WARBLER  is delighting birders at the Lullwater Bridge by the Boathouse. A good number of birders were entertained by the golden bird. If you don't see it there, look along the Boathouse pond towards Binnen Falls, even Lily Pool .

For pursuit of a good sparrow, there was a report of a VESPER SPARROW at Field #5 , The report supposedly came from some visiting Long Island birders. Nearby at the Mound opposite field 7 a flock of CHIPPING SPARROWS are present. I found a single SAVANNAH SPARROW  just north of the Rink War Memorial, on the lawn edge opposite Music Island.

Lower Pool back gate and the enjoining fence line is still a hot go to spot. Here SWAMP SPARROW and BLUE GRAY GNATCATCHER  are birding gems.

latest report  2 YTWA and PRWA

https://twitter.com/robsbirder/status/1118536232320086016



2nd YTWA Lullwater below feeders. Prothonotary moving towards Terrace bridge