Irene Camargo and I were at the Lexington Cemetary this morning as well. Mostly
in the Sunken Garden area we observed:
Blue Headed Vireo
Red Eyed Vireo
Blue Winged Warbler
American Redstart (several very nice males)
Black Throat Green Warbler (numerous)
Palm warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Yellow Rumped Warbler (numerous)
Chestnut Sided Warbler, single
Nashville Warbler, several
Scarlet Tanagers,
Rose Breasted Grosbeak
Hermit Thrush
The warblers were exhibiting an unusual behavior to me...they were fluttering
in the Hosta's around the fountain in the Sunken Garden...they were not
feeding...we noticed the Hosta's were covered in dew (rain?)...we speculated
they were taking light baths in the water drops.
Mark Morgan
Irene Camargo
Lexington, KY
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From: Andy Newman <andynewman22@xxxxxxxxx>
To: ask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, May 2, 2012 1:42 PM
Subject: [ask] Jacobson and Lex Cemetery- 5/2/12
I hit Jacobson Park this morning early and then met Stratton and Mark at the
Lexington Cemetery for about 3 hours this morning. Lots of birds around at
both places with Yellow-rumps and Tennessee being the most numerous warblers.
Between the two places I ended the morning with around 85 species. Highlights
are below.
Jacobson:
Blackburnian Warbler
Northern Waterthrush- singing from wet woods on the northeastern part of the
lake
Prothonotary Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler- male singing from woods on backside of the park
Pine Warbler- singing from pine stand at north side of park
Least Flycatcher
Caspian Tern- flyover along Richmond road between the two portions of the lake
Blackpoll Warbler- 3-4 males singing
Lexington Cemetery
Philadelphia Vireo- best bird of the day, a very colorful individual, one of
the brightest I have seen
Wilson's Warbler- male singing in Box Elder by ponds
Blackburnian Warbler- several
Blackpoll Warbler- several males singing
Chestnut-sided Warbler- 2-3 males
Magnolia Warbler- several
Veery
Swainson's Thrush- 2-3 males singing
Rose-breasted Grosbeak- while common now there were simply grosbeaks
everywhere, one flock had 20 plus individuals
Cape May Warbler- 8 plus, only one female observed
Tennessee Warbler- second most numerous only to Yellow-rumped
Yellow-billed Cuckoo- single bird
Cedar Waxwings- A LOT
Northern Harrier- single male flyover
Broad-winged Hawk- flyover
Get out there and get on them spring migrants
A
