Warblers here and there
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- May
- 5
What warbler is this? My answer to that is usually “Who the heck knows.” If I’m challenged by sparrows, warblers are a whole other, more difficult ball game. Although I think they have a lot more going for them in the looks department, with the yellows, the greens, some blue, some brown mixed into various species.
That said, I spent about five minutes yesterday staring at a yellowish/grayish warbler with brown on its throat, hopping in a treetop at Little Stony Point in Philipstown. I still have no definitive identification but I know it was a warbler and I enjoy it for that. To get an idea of the scope of the identification issue when it comes to these little birds, go here. Here’s a newspaper story that breaks down the more common ones.
International Migratory Bird Day, which is May 10, celebrates the journey made by these little birds every year, from Central and South America and the Caribbean and Mexico to their breeding grounds in the U.S. and Canada. The photograph shows a worm-eating warbler, which spends its winters in Central and South America, before winging north to, in this case, Constitution Marsh Audubon Center in Garrison (where TJN photographer Stuart Bayer made this picture a couple of summers ago.) 
As for Little Stony Point, it’s a spit of land jutting out into the Hudson River just north of Cold Spring. It’s a great place to go for a hike with kids, as the loop trail is very flat and there’s a sandy beach.
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Journal News staff writer Greg Clary writes Earth Watch, reporting on environmental issues in the lower Hudson region. Clary has been a reporter, editor and columnist at the Journal News since 1988 and has covered police and courts, transportation, municipal government, development and the environment in the Lower Hudson Valley, among other topics. 
Laura Incalcaterra covers the environment, open space and zoning and planning issues for The Journal News. A Boston College graduate, Laura grew up in Rockland, attended East Ramapo schools and has worked for The Journal News since 1993. Laura has written features and covered North Rockland, crime, government and a host of other issues.
Mike Risinit covers Patterson and Kent in Putnam County, as well as environmental topics touching on the Hudson River and the Great Swamp. Risinit has been a reporter at The Journal News since 1998.
