Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis) (1)
- Reported Sep 14, 2022 07:30 by Doug Gochfeld
- Brooklyn Bridge Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6996104,-73.9973745&ll=40.6996104,-73.9973745
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S118753638
- Comments: "*Scarce/low density, difficult-to-detect migrant. Seen briefly (a few seconds) in the mid-story of a tree at the top of the knoll on Pier 1 around 07:30. Sturdy, big warbler , olive on back and dirty yellow below, with an olive/gray hood that only contrasted a bit with the body, and an unmarked face save for a bold eyering. Still clearly on the move and not settled into habitat yet, and it was chased around/off by another zugunruhe-filled warbler in short order, and we didn't follow the correct bird. We walked around a while looking in appropriate understory habitat for it but came up empty. Then we had a brief flyover in the vale of an intriguing candidate (one bad photo), and then eight minutes later (about 40-45 minutes after the initial sighting), a dark thickset warbler with a modulated flight call and without wingbars appeared over the trees at the summit pier 1 and looped around over us and disappeared to the north towards the bridge. This final encounter produced poor but diagnostic photos. We didn't see if the bird continued this morning flight or bailed back into the park, but it wasn't detected in the park after that. eBirding it as one individual, since the first one, though still moving around actively when seen, seemed to be staying in the park proper. Photos."
