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Detalles de la observación

Hi Jay - I wasn’t seeing things, nor were you. You did take a pic of a Connecticut warbler in cap last fall. I wrote a story about it and even interviewed Gabriel about it. You’d sent him a pic for id confirmation. Here’s the story bit -‘A thrilling addition to the list this fall was a super rare Connecticut Warbler, spotted by Jay Zemann. It was hanging out in an Ailanthus tree, next to the esplanade. Gabriel Willow, who leads bird walks all over New York, said: ‘I've never seen an adult Connecticut Warbler in Manhattan and ironically its almost unheard of in Connecticut. Adult Connecticut Warblers typically migrate up the Central Flyway (over the mid-west) to breeding grounds in and around the lakes and Canada.’ Our bird was a juvenile. Gabriel says:  ‘I’ll typically see one juvenile Connecticut  Warbler in the city each year. For some reason, in the fall, the juveniles sometimes take the Atlantic Flyway (which crosses Manhattan) to their wintering grounds in Bolivia, Peru and Paraguay.’