What a great list! Thanks for sharing.
I feel like I've heard higher numbers of prairie warblers, yellow warblers,
summer tanagers and white-eyed vireos. Right now the blackpoll warblers are
moving through, and the canopy's of the trees are alive in the morning.
A brood of bluebirds and Carolina wrens has already fledged; Brown thrashers
are incubating at my folks home in Cabin Point, house finches and barn
swallows are currently building nests around my home!
The Chilton Woods walk is coming up Monday, and I'm sure we'll see/hear all of
these and more. Cheery Birding!!!
Melissa
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Subject: [nnasnet] Weekend birding
Westmoreland SP birding was great as usual on April 28, especially at the
bottom of the Big Meadow Trail near the swamp. Best bird was a male redstart in
close view for 10 minutes, followed by male and female orchard orioles, a
hooded warbler, several white-eyed vireos, 2 blue-gray gnatcatchers, catbird
and yellow-rumped warblers. Near the visitor's center were 2 palm warblers and
along the CCC Trail, an ovenbird sat on a low holly branch, obviously trying to
deafen anyone nearby with that loud song.
At Wilna last Friday, a pair of amazingly bright prothonotary warblers
seemed unconcerned at being observed near the fishing dock. Also saw a red-eyed
vireo, white-breasted nuthatch, female pine warbler gathering nesting material,
male summer tanager, and in clear view in the grasslands, male and female blue
grosbeaks, indigo buntings, common yellowthroats, kingbirds, and a noisy
yellow-breasted chat at the top of a sapling.
At home, "our" wrens have fledged their first brood from the shed ivy, the
bluebirds their first from the box and a pair of cardinals next to the front
porch are feeding babies. Eastern tiger swallowtails seem to be everywhere,
also have seen a few spicebush and zebra swallowtails.
