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| Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens |
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| Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea |
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| Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea (It's all about those tail markings) |
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| Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia |
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| Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia |
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| Northern Parula Setophaga americana |
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| Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla (Honestly!) |
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| Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca (I swear!) |
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| Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus |
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| Brown Creeper Certhia americana |
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| Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus ('Yellow-shafted') |
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| White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis |
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| Woodchuck/Groundhog/Siffleur Marmota monax |
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| The blue super moon from a few weeks back |
‘Quiet Place’ in NDG, September 16, 2023
Best birding day by far at a local patch I check from time to time. I always knew this location had the potential to absorb some ‘migratory shrapnel’ from Mount Royal, and today was finally that day. It was a lovely 21 degrees and sunny out, and last night’s migration radars were glowing white-hot (George was right!).
The trees were absolutely dripping with warblers, most of which were personal firsts for the site. Nine species were recorded: Tennessee, Nashville, Northern Parula, Magnolia, Blackburnian, Black-throated Green, Yellow-rumped, Bay-breasted, and Black-and-white. The most numerous warbler species on the day were Black-throated Green and Bay-breasted, with 6-10+ of each.
Also of note:
-A Least Flycatcher and two Eastern Phoebes
-At least three Philadelphia Vireos
-Carpets of White-throated Sparrows spread throughout — a conservative count of 100
-A female-type Scarlet Tanager
-A dozen or so Northern Flickers
-A nice round total of 30 species logged in 2.5 hours
-A couple of mystery birds were left on the table
-And I got a bug in the eye
-The end
