We take what we can get. I spent an hour or so in the light rain yesterday
morning at Larus Park, and hit one nice birdy spot where I had Redstart,
Magnolia and Canada Warblers in view, and Ovenbird singing down the hill. Only
seven warbler species, but some high-quality ones. Canada always seems like the
thing that comes along to lift your spirits as migration is winding down. Also
had Swainson’s Thrush and a singing Wood Thrush. On the Breeding Bird Atlas
front, I found a Downy Woodpecker feeding young in a nest, and a Carolina
Chickadee feeding a recently fledged bird.
This morning, I did a slow circuit of Bandy Field in the fog. As was the case
yesterday, species diversity was down, but I did find several American
Redstarts, Northern Parulas and Black-throated Blue warblers. Two singing
Hooded Warblers were a nice treat. I had a low-altitude fly-by by a juvenile
Red-tailed Hawk chased by two crows (that’s one confirmed breeder and another
species displaying agitated behavior, I believe). To cap it off, on one of the
neighborhood streets on the west side of the park, I found a female Hairy
Woodpecker feeding a fledgling - very cool.
Good stuff is still out there!
Larus: http://ebird.org/ebird/atlasva/view/checklist?subID=S29534310
Bandy: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S29558303
Lewis Barnett
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