Category: Yellow-rumped Warbler
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The Hawk and the Kingfisher
By the time the juvenile Red-tailed Hawk landed on a perch near the Salt Marsh on October 4, it was sopping wet. It was practicing its hunting skills by buzzing over the ducks in the water and then chasing a Belted Kingfisher foraging there. The hawk and the fast kingfisher flew circles around one another…
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An American Redstart Hits the Sweet Spot on World Migratory Bird Day
The second Saturday in May typically brings many warblers and other spring migratory birds through Inwood, and the 2025 spring iteration of World Migratory Bird Day was no exception. The morning brought a full chorus of bird sounds to accompany a walk in Inwood Hill Park. Actually spotting the birds in the dense spring canopy…
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The Return of the Yellow-rumped Warblers
The Merlin app detected Yellow-rumped Warblers in Inwood Hill Park on April 17, 2024. The author also spotted a pair of Palm Warblers and a Hermit Thrush earlier than the previous year. The spring migration seems faster this year but keeping a multiple year diary helps anticipate future arrivals and monitor any decline in bird…
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A Flurry of Fall Migrants in Inwood Hill Park
Fall bird migration was in full force in Inwood Hill Park this morning. I saw a dazzling flurry of warblers, kinglets, vireos, and other birds on my morning walk. There were hundreds of birds. The location was the northern hillside trail that leads from the athletic fields to the Henry Hudson Bridge. The trail, as…
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Yellow-rumped Warblers Everywhere and Nowhere
With their high tinny chirp, Yellow-rumped Warblers are often heard rather than seen. They are swift fliers, making them hard to discern in the top canopy of the old-growth forest. Walking through the forest, I can hear them over there, and then here, and up there, but I often have a hard time actually seeing…
Birds of Inwood 