At 04:49 PM 5/5/99 -0400, you wrote: >> Paula, I used to watch warblers there in May, the year that I worked there. >> I snuck out behind the loading dock and in to the woods, taking a very >> early lunch in the process....memories! > >Rob, > >And here I thought I was the only one who has ever birded there! I'm so >glad to know that you had also found the grounds of the hospital to be a >good place for warblers in May. I've lived in this neighborhood since >1972, but have been keeping track of the birds I see in the hospital >woods for only about 6-7 years. I find the best place is the deep ravine >close to Jordan Street, although Chestnut-sided seem to favor the area >under the power line behind Ivanhoe Street where trees have been topped >periodically, resulting in shorter, brushier trees. > >Paula > Paula, This was in 1980 and I never went too far away from the parking lot behind the loading dock.....I was only there that one spring. My early lunch hour sometimes started at 9:30 am and then I still had to go buy lunch at noon! I don't recall seeing anything truly unusual though one bird gave me fits until I finally decided it was *not* a female Cerulean Warbler. Rob