Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens |
Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla |
Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla |
American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla |
Northern Parula Setophaga americana |
Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica |
Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla |
Lincoln’s Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii |
Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis |
Swainson’s Thrush Catharus ustulatus |
Swainson’s Thrush Catharus ustulatus |
Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus |
Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus |
Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus |
Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus |
Cluster of Field Sparrow sightings for fellow bird-nerds |
It was a dark and stormy morning...and the Warblos were out in full force. Plenty of other new arrivals and personal ‘first-of-year’ (FOY) birds spotted on an 8:00-12:45 ramble. A good deal of the action went down at about 9 a.m. in the woods north of Mountain View. I got some unapologetically crappy record shots in the gloom. A few bands of rain came through towards noon, but it’s OK, we’re not made of sugar. Hey, no Juncos today!
I re-spotted the Field Sparrow today, a welcome sight. It seems to be sticking to a narrow slice (since it was first spotted on May 1st) of territory that extends from the stream by the feeder, southwest through E5 and the G sections and into Oak Ridge. It was not singing today, and was silent for most of my encounter with it on May 2nd. Pick through those Chipping Sparrows, fellow bird-nerds!
I ended the day with 52 species logged, and a pair of beat-up feet. It looks like I’m hiking a mountain tomorrow and doing a Global Big Day thing on Saturday, so R.I.P. my feet I guess.
On a side note, I got my FOY Chimney Swifts yesterday, with 7 spotted twittering over NDG and Decarie. Last year, I spotted this species for the first time on May 19th.
Mount-Royal Cemetery, (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery), May 10, 2018
Great Blue Heron-1 heading south over Mount Royal
Mallard-2 or 3
Cooper’s Hawk-1
Bald Eagle-1 heading south towards Mount Royal, with one crow in train
Peregrine Falcon-1 terrorizing everybird over Mountain View
Ring-billed Gull-2 (1)
Chimney Swift-(1 heard)
Downy Woodpecker-1 (2)
Hairy Woodpecker-2 (1)
Northern Flicker-1 near the north entrance
Pileated Woodpecker-1 (1)
Least Flycatcher-1 on Mountain View, (1 FOY)
Great Crested Flycatcher-2 (1 FOY)
Warbling Vireo-1 FOY on Mountain View
Philadelphia Vireo-1 FOY in A4
Blue-headed Vireo-3 (2)
Blue Jay-3 on Pine Hill Side
American Crow-4 (2)
Common Raven-1
Black-capped Chickadee-8 (5)
Red-breasted Nuthatch-3
House Wren-2
Winter Wren-1 on Pine Hill Side
Ruby-crowned Kinglet-5 (2)
Eastern Bluebird-6 scattered throughout
Swainson’s Thrush-6 mostly in the woods north of Mountain View, (2 FOY)
Hermit Thrush-3 (2)
American Robin-4 (2)
Gray Catbird-2
European Starling-(2 near Decelles)
Nashville Warbler-3 (1)
Northern Parula-(1 FOY male in the north woods)
Chestnut-sided Warbler-2 FOY around L2-A4
Cape May Warbler-2 FOY cracking males in the woods north of Mountain View
Black-throated Blue Warbler-4 in the woods north of Mountain View, (2 in the north woods)
Black-throated Green Warbler-(1 in the north woods)
Yellow-rumped Warbler-at least 7 in the woods north of Mountain View, several other heard throughout
Bay-breasted Warbler- (1 FOY male in the north woods)
Black-and-white Warbler-3 around Mountain View, (1 FOY in the north woods)
American Redstart-2 in the woods north of Mountain View
Ovenbird-2 FOY in the woods north of Mountain View
Indigo Bunting-2 FOY males in the woods north of Mountain View
Northern Cardinal-5 (3)
Chipping Sparrow-25+ (17)
Field Sparrow-1 at the base of the firefighter memorial in G1, flew towards G3/G4, not singing
Song Sparrow-7 (5)
Lincoln’s Sparrow-1 FOY sticking to the peripheries of a large group of White-throated Sparrows in Oak Ridge
White-crowned Sparrow-1 with the large group of White-throated Sparrows in Oak Ridge
White-throated Sparrow-50+ scattered throughout, including one group of at least 35 in Oak Ridge, (12+)
House Sparrow-(3 near Decelles)
American Goldfinch-6 (4)
House Finch-(1 near Decelles)
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