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Posted by Jeanette on 12:12:22 05/01/08
At about 1040 today I saw a Prothonotary at this park. I was standing in the entrance to the park when I saw the bright yellow head peak out between the leaves of the Willow tree he was on.
If you enter from the 176 street entrance, to the left is the native plant area. The bird was located eight wooden parking markers counted from the beginning of the left side of the entrance. It worked its way from about 12 ft. above the ground to the top of the tree slow enough to get very good looks at it. The brillance of the head/breast/belly area was remarkable, as was the contrast of the blue-gray wings against the bright yellow. No markings were noted on the head/breast/belly, nor were any on the wings. The mantle area had a olive cast. I have only seen this bird one other time, at A.D. Barnes Park last season. Other warblers were also present, the more common ones seen in the last couple of weeks. Yesterday, I saw two flocks of Cedar Wax-wings, a group of about 10-12 in the morning and a flock of about 25-30 in the late afternoon. The first flock I saw in the large Fig Tree to the left of the entrance way and the second I saw them flying into the park area but could not locate where they landed.
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