Saturday, May 25, 2024

Waning Migration

Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas

Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus

Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus

American Robin Turdus migratorius

American Robin Turdus migratorius

Woodchuck/Groundhog/Siffleur Marmota monax

Four-spotted Skimmer Libellula quadrimaculata

European Common Blue Polyommatus icarus

Leafy lanes

Flower Moon

-Migration is tailing off, with only two warbler species among 26 total – both were new for the patch warbler list (16 now): Blackpoll Warbler and Common Yellowthroat, which were both heard, then seen poorly.

-A Common Yellowthroat (appropriately named Paruline masquée, or 'Masked Warbler,' in French) was also singing and skulking in a row of bushes in front of a community centre, next to a fairly busy street in NDG.

-A Least Flycatcher calling, and an Eastern Phoebe still.

-Quite a few (8-10) Red-eyed Vireos singing and chasing each other through the treetops.

-Still a pair of nesting Warbling Vireos in territorial song.

-Had a glimpse of a Philadelphia Vireo (95% certain).

-Got a dragonfly lifer in an overgrown field: Four-spotted Skimmer, a dapper and wide-spread (circumpolar even!) species.

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