It's a beautiful Clay

Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida

Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida

Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida

Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus

Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea

Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea

female Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus

female Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca

  A solid spring day out, with 51 species logged, 14 of which were warblers. In the L1 section of Mount-Royal Cemetery, I was startled when a Clay-colored Sparrow popped up from underfoot and started rasping its insect-like song from a few feet away. I got some blown-out record shots in the noon-time glare - the bird was first spotted a few days ago by George L (I think). It reminded me of the Emberiza buntings of Korea.
  It was good to see a Wilson's Warbler, feels like it's been a while. Notably, no Ruby-crowned Kinglets, White-throated or White-crowned Sparrows today. It's getting leafy out there. Back at it tomorrow I guess.

Westmount Summit + (both cemeteries), May 23, 2017

Turkey Vulture-(1)

Red-tailed Hawk-(1 mobbed by crows)

Merlin-1 flyover

Ring-billed Gull-(1)

Chimney Swift-2+, (4+)

Downy Woodpecker-1

Hairy Woodpecker-1

Eastern Phoebe-1 (1)

Eastern Wood-Pewee-(2 in NDN)

Least Flycatcher-1 @ ‘Westmount Secret Spot’, (1 by the cannons)

Great Crested Flycatcher-1 heard, (2 heard)

Eastern Kingbird-(1 in M1)

Warbling Vireo-1 heard, 2 near the Oratory, (3)

Red-eyed Vireo-5, (6)

Blue-headed Vireo-2 (2)

Blue Jay-1 heard, (1 heard)

American Crow-3 (15)

Black-capped Chickadee-4 (7)

Brown Creeper-1 heard

White-breasted Nuthatch-(1)

Red-breasted Nuthatch-3 (3)

House Wren-(3)

Eastern Bluebird-(one pair in the far western corner of NDN, two pairs in M-R)

Swainson’s Thrush-1 (3)

American Robin-3 (5)

Gray Catbird-(2)

Cedar Waxwing-(4)

European Starling-(1)

Tennessee Warbler-4, (15+, dispersed throughout the flowering trees)

Northern Parula-(1 near the north entrance)

Yellow Warbler-(2 in NDN, 4 in M-R)

Chestnut-sided Warbler-(2)

Magnolia Warbler-2 @ ‘WSS’

Cape May Warbler-1 female @ ‘WSS’

Blackburnian Warbler-1 male, (1 female)

Black-throated Blue Warbler-1 heard @ ‘WSS’, (1 heard)

Black-throated Green Warbler-1

Yellow-rumped Warbler-(1)

Bay-breasted Warbler-(1 male in partial breeding plumage)

American Redstart-2 @ ‘WSS’, (6+ well distributed)

Ovenbird-1 heard

Wilson’s Warbler-(1 near the north entrance)

Scarlet Tanager-(1 male by the cannons)

Rose-breasted Grosbeak-(1 female near Mount Murray)

Indigo Bunting-2 singing, (2 in NDN, 4 in M-R)

Northern Cardinal-1 near the summit, (2)

Chipping Sparrow-4 (15+)

Clay-colored Sparrow-(1 singing in L1)

Song Sparrow-1 (4)

Baltimore Oriole-(1 heard)

American Goldfinch-4+ (12+)