Central Park - 26th May

Back in New York after an exciting week away, and where are all the birds? It seems I picked a terrible week to go away as I seem to have missed a host of good birds,well it was worth it to see Ecuador I suppose! Migrant numbers were low generally, and hard to see anyway because of the foliage which appears to grow as you look at it.

Best birds for me were Grey-cheeked Thrush and Olive-sided Flycatcher, both of them new for me

Grey-cheeked Thrush. Greyish cheeks, no eye-ring and greyish flanks separate this from the very similar Swainson's also around at the moment.

Olive-sided Flycatcher. High in a tree above the Azalia pond in The Ramble.