Rained out

Mallard Anas platyrhynchos

Fumbled and swore with the rain-proof gear

AKA Rain day AKA Rain-nihilation redux

June 5, NDG

-I rolled out of bed early and when I saw that there was a steady, heavy rain outside, I should have slept in. But I didn’t! But…I should have.

-10 species, somehow, in less than an hour

-Only birds singing were the REVIs

-Heard a Yellow Warbler outside of my place a couple of hours later (only warbler on the day), as the rain ebbed and the sun sliced up the grey. It’s been hanging around for a week or two - perhaps singing for a mate that will never arrive? (Wipes tear from eye)

Indigo, Tennessee

Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea

Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea

American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla

American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla

Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia

Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina

Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus

(trio)

Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus

Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens

Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina

Eastern Cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus

NDG, May 30, much belated

-Started slow but ended on quite a birdy note

-24 species in 2 hours

-11 degrees and sunny/windy/fresh (heavy rains the previous night)

-3 Red-eyed Vireos together

-2 male Indigo Buntings in song (Species #87 for the site)

-Still some warbler activity

-4+ Tennessee Warblers in song

-American Redstarts seemingly on territory

-Chipping Sparrows with nesting materials