Monday, May 5, 2025

Notes from a quiet place in NDG, May 3, 2025

Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula

Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius

Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
(I swear)

Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina

Brown Creeper Certhia americana

Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula

Woodchuck/Groundhog/Siffleur Marmota monax


Wren City, USA

-Dreary flat light, 11 and overcast, on an early morning circuit of my local patch.

-One of the first birds encountered was a Baltimore Oriole (species # 75 for the site). It vocalized for a few minutes, before heading in the direction of Mount Royal.

-Three Palm Warblers (Warbler #17 for the site) on the way in.

-Cooper’s Hawks still on and around their nest (was worried about them after an intense wind storm last week).

-An American Tree Sparrow mixed in with the more common sparrows.

-A pair of treetop-flitting Blue-headed Vireos on the way out.

-25 species in just over two hours.

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