Rounded out the evening by stopping by Pelham Bay Park (NYCs largest park located in the eastern Bronx). Just southwest of the Orchard Beach parking lot, I heard a rousing chorus of Common True Katydids! Also heard an Oblong-winged, Greater-angled and the Fall field and Jumping bush crickets. I headed over to Rodman's Neck (by the NYPD shooting range) and heard my second Forktailed bush katydid with some of the more common species.
Finally I reached home on City Island --- just two species were heard as I entered my house -- the greater angle and the jumping bush.
Twas a great evening and my ears are now imprinted on the songs of these insects. I doubt the night will ever sound quite the same again!
Thanks to Sam and the other organizers and our team members: Alan, Graeme, Tenzing, Julianne (briefly!) and myself (Kevin).
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Guess what...that is unlikely to be a Fork-tail but rather the much less common Treetop Bush Katydid (Scudderia fasciata)whose call is indistiguishable to that of the Fork-tailed, but inhabits the tops of conifers...congrats. sam
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