Connecticut Warbler in Trinity Church graveyard - 22nd Sept

One of two birds found on 21st Sept in the graveyard of Trinity Church. I took advantage of a late start at school to head down to Wall St. and very quickly found a couple of birders who put me onto my first Connecticut Warbler.

Other migrants in the small cemetery included a Black-and-white Warbler, several American Redstart, at least two Common Yellowthroats, a Northern Waterthrush and a Brown Thrasher.

Probable 1st year Connecticut Warbler.

This individual seems to have picked up a tick. This wasn't seen by observers earlier in the day.

What a set of spectacles! On several occasions the bird approached to within 2m, much too close for my lens.

The bird was very active, walking quite quickly, and regularly jump/flying off the ground a few inches, presumably catching insects.

The walking action was quite pronounced, rather like a Waterthrush (without the tail wagging) or an Ovenbird (without the head-bobbing). At times it was quite definitely running, interesting behaviour for a warbler.