Last week, the baby and I headed to Green-Wood Cemetery to try our luck. I had no targets, just to catch a few migrating birds. But then I did what I try not to do, I checked the whatsapp alerts. A Connecticut Warbler in Green-Wood. Oh how tempting. So many reports of them lately, and still a bird I have yet to see...
When I and another birder got to the place it was reported in earlier, the cacophony of mowers, blowers, weed-whackers; bad news bears. No way would it still be there.
We both went to the Dell Water, close enough near to that original site. Still growing wild, un-mowed for the entire season. The baby got into a fussy mood, something she never does, maybe her warbler senses were tingling. Maybe she was like, no dum-dum, the bird you're looking for is on the other side of the pond...As she cried, I noticed the tree next to us was dripping with redstarts.
This is what most American Redstart photos look like.They also may look like this...
A quick change of the diaper, a bottle, and some strolling finally brought her some calm. And we saw a few more birds. A veery popped up and something felt good about this area, also caught a red-eyed vireo on the ground. Perhaps we were onto something, |
For a small chunk of Saturday, the Kiddo and I are participating in the Brooklyn Birdathon. Consider supporting us, team Baby's First Birdathon!
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