Pinkshell Azalea

Migrating Birds

The first of the migrating warblers have arrived, the early ones this year, as every year, are the Yellow-rumped. The warblers, tanagers, orioles, and cedar waxwings come and go with the bloom of the inch-worms, stopping here in Edgemont for just 10 - 14 days every year. I have seen the orioles stick around for the summer, but the others are only local for a brief tropical-colored show.
They make their way up from Central and South America and use the Bronx River corridor through Westchester. They stop here for the running water in my small pond.