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| Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia |
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| Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe |
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| Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius |
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| Mallard Anas platyrhynchos |
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| Woodchuck/Groundhog/Siffleur Marmota monax |
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| Woodchuck/Groundhog/Siffleur Marmota monax |
-->May 6
-First NDG Chimney Swift spotted – same date as last year
-->May 10
-Another humid, gloomy morning
-At my local patch, a Carolina Wren and Tufted Titmouse (?) heard
-22 species
-11 degrees and rainy
-Mallards, several Blue-headed Vireos, an Eastern Phoebe, and Song Sparrows all over
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| Common Loon Gavia immer |
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| Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia |
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| Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca |
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| American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla |
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| Why don't I wear Wellies? |
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| Tarting the site up for investors? |
-->May 17
-An early morning circuit of my local patch right before a major thunderstorm rolled through
-The trees are leafing out in a hurry!
-On the warbler front, 11 species ticked, with the most numerous and vocal by far being Tennessee Warbler (20-30, everywhere), followed by Bay-breasted Warbler (12+)
-I’m fairly certain I spied an Orange-crowned Warbler was mixed in among the Tennessees, but that’s a helluva treetop ID conundrum in the gloom
Wobblers:
Tennessee Warbler – 30+
(Orange-crowned Warbler - 1?)
Nashville Warbler - 1
Yellow Warbler – 2 heard
Magnolia Warbler – 10+
Blackburnian Warbler - 3
Black-throated Green Warbler - 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1
Blackpoll Warbler - 1
Bay-breasted Warbler – 12+
American Redstart – 1 female
Common Yellowthroat – 1 heard
Also notable:
-Site species list up to 79 (18 warblers)
-40 species in 2 hours
-Eastern Screech-Owl heard on the way in
-Tufted Titmouse heard on 3 occasions….fairly certain
-Common Loon flyover was a site first
-Baltimore Oriole
-Least Flycatcher
-Eastern Phoebe
-Red-winged Blackbird
-“All 4” Vireos (Red-eyed, Warbling, Philadelphia, Blue-headed)
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| European Starling Sturnus vulgaris |
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| Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina |
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| Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas |
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| Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea |
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| Mallard Anas platyrhynchos |
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-->May 22
-Bay-breasted and Yellow Warblers heard in lower NDG near the tracks, and a Great Egret flyover
-->May 24
-30 species in 90 minutes. Why does it rain every Saturday morning?
-Seems the Blue-headed Vireos are more plentiful and longer staying this year
-7 species of warbler, including a skulky female Common Yellowthroat, with Bay-breasted still the most numerous – I’m seeing a lot of them this year
-Cooper’s Hawks still on the nest
-A vocal Baltimore Oriole
-Not certain about the Tufted Titmouse anymore…the boring investigation continues
