Warblers onze

Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus

Swainson’s Thrush Catharus ustulatus 

Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea

Orange-crowned Warbler Vermivora celata 

Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
(looking rather pathetic sans crest)

American Black Duck Anas rubripes 

Wood Duck Aix sponsa 

  A three-hour bimble around Île-de-la-Visitation yesterday produced a decent assemblage of fall migrants. Thirty-seven species were seen, with 11 warblers among them. Close views of two Gray-cheeked Thrush provided a timely refresher on how to separate them from other catharus thrush species. 

  A plain warbler had me thinking Tennessee Warbler, but when I saw the streaky vest, yellow vent, broken eye-ring and long eye-line/supercilium, and apparent lack of wing bars, I was swayed towards Orange-crowned Warbler. I know Tennessee can have one or more of those field marks, but I’ve yet to see a Tennessee with all of them.

  Other warbler highlights included excellent views of a confiding Bay-breasted Warbler hawking insects several feet away, and relatively abundant Northern Parulas.

Warblers onze:
Orange-crowed Warbler-1
Northern Parula-8
Chestnut-sided Warbler-1
Magnolia Warbler-5
Cape May Warbler-2
Black-throated Green Warbler-1
Yellow-rumped Warbler-5+
Bay-breasted Warbler-4
American Redstart-1 male
Ovenbird-1
Wilson’s Warbler-1