A Confusion of Fall Warblers IV

Northern Parula Setophaga americana

Northern Parula Setophaga americana

Northern Parula Setophaga americana an individual showing more of the characteristic 'collier'

Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas

Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca

Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata

Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius

Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus

Lincoln’s Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii

Canada Geese Branta canadensis doing what they do

  Only a four hour slog, in an east to west direction. Wet shoes and socks were the order of the day again after more nocturnal rains. The warbler numbers and variety started slow, but picked up steadily into the afternoon (18 species on the day). 

  Not quite as nutsoids as Thursday's walk, but still good numbers of migrants overall, with a few welcome surprises. I was surprised to see an American Red Squirrel in a corner of Mountain View, I didn't realize they were that far into the city. Time to rest my battered mummy feet.

Mount-Royal Cemetery, (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery), September 9, 2017
Canada Goose-55 headed in the appropriate direction high overhead
Turkey Vulture-2
Cooper’s Hawk-2
Merlin-2 near the main entrance, later mobbed by crows
Ring-billed Gull-(2)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird-1 (1)
Downy Woodpecker-2 (2)
Hairy Woodpecker-1 (1)
Northern Flicker-2
Least Flycatcher-2
Great Crested Flycatcher-1 heard
Philadelphia Vireo-1
Red-eyed Vireo-2 (3)
Blue-headed Vireo-(1)
Blue Jay-1 heard (1 heard)
American Crow-12+ (4)
Common Raven-1 heard (1)
Black-capped Chickadee-4 (9)
White-breasted Nuthatch-2 (3)
Red-breasted Nuthatch-1 (2)
Eastern Bluebird-6 (4)
Swainson’s Thrush-2 (2)
Grey Catbird-1
Cedar Waxwing-14
Tennessee Warbler-5 (3)
Nashville Warbler-1 (2)
Northern Parula-2 (3)
Chestnut-sided Warbler-(1)
Magnolia Warbler-16+ (10+) still one in every tree
Cape May Warbler-3 (3)
Blackburnian Warbler-2 (3)
Black-throated Blue Warbler-1 (1)
Black-throated Green Warbler-6 (5)
Yellow-rumped Warbler-2 (2)
Palm Warbler-1
Blackpoll Warbler-1 (3)
Bay-breasted Warbler-15 (10) very plentiful today
Black-and-white Warbler-1 (2)
American Redstart-2 (2)
Common Yellowthroat-1 (1)
Ovenbird-2 (1)
Wilson’s Warbler-2 (2)
Northern Cardinal-2 (2)
Chipping Sparrow-50+ (55+)
Lincoln’s Sparrow-(2 in a nifty little weedy patch)
Song Sparrow-5 (5)
American Goldfinch-6 (4)
Finch sp.-1 probable House Finch following around an Eastern Bluebird