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| Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca |
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| Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens |
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| Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata |
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| Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia |
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| Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia |
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| Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia |
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| Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia |
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| Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia |
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Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla |
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| Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis |
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| Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus |
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| Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina |
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| Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus |
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| Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata |
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| Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus |
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Mallard Anas platyrhynchos |
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| Canada Goose Branta canadensis |
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| Woodchuck/Groundhog/Siffleur Marmota monax |
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| Sleepy thumbs-up - yay birds |
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| Nettle babies |
NDG, May 9, 2026
-The second week of May is a high holy holiday for birders, so I set out proper early to see if I could pick up any warbler shrapnel from the mountain…and found it!
-Started clear and 5 degrees at dawn…gloves were needed…it was cool in the breeze but I didn’t feel a thing, amidst the scorching heat of shimmering waves of white-hot warblers
-Quickly cooled and clouded, and by 7:15am it was pretty quiet
-Grey Catbird heard on the way in (2nd for the site)
-Warbling Vireo singing (I wonder if they will nest there again this summer)
-10+ White-throated Sparrow, 40+ Chipping Sparrows
-8 Ruby-crowned Kinglets
-19 Blue Jays headed north
-1 Red-breasted nuthatch
-1 Pileated Woodpecker chopping at a tree
-1 Chimney Swift
-9 warbler species
-2nd warbler wave consisted of mostly Yellow-rumped Warblers, with a few Nashville (2nd most abundant warbler on the day) sprinkled in, headed due north
-Walked out with a huge grin
-33 species in 2.5 hours
Warblers 9:
-Blackburnian Warbler (2 – I got swooped by one, it was awesome)
-Magnolia Warbler (3)
-Tennessee Warbler (1)
-Yellow-rumped Warbler (20+)
-Ovenbirds singing (2 – my 84th species for the site, 19th warbler species)
-Black-throated Blue Warbler (1 male)
-Nashville Warbler (8)
-Black-and-white Warbler (1)
-Yellow Warbler (1)
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