Saturday, August 16, 2025

Good warblers on the move

Also reported two blue winged warblers on the switchback trail as well slope trail by Maryland monument 


Worm-eating Warbler (Helmitheros vermivorum) (2)
- Reported Aug 16, 2025 08:26 by Paul Merle
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S267627168
- Comments: "Seen together on the switchback trail. Warm yellow brown throat and chest. Dark eye stripe and head stripe. Gleaning insects from underneath dead leaves"

Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) (1)
- Reported Aug 16, 2025 07:55 by Z .
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S267630459
- Comments: "Continuing at dell. Flagged for late. Bobbing waterthrush, bold streaking rather than fine, wide at the back white supercilium, clean throat, obscene pink legs, dry "chek" call."

"The crickets felt it was their duty to warn everybody that summertime cannot last for ever. Even on the most beautiful days in the whole year - the days when summer is changing into autumn - the crickets spread the rumour of sadness and change."

E.B. White, Charlotte's Web