Good morning for migrants at Blendon, though warblers were still a bit thin in numbers. I walked part of the Goldenrod Trail, around the Nature Center (where construction has blocked part of the area) and out the Lake Trail to Thoreau lake. Notables included:
Waterfowl - Geese, Wood Ducks, Mallards, cormorant Raptors - Cooper's Hawk (stalking feeders), calling Red-shouldered Chimney Swifts - 3-4 wheeling around over the Nature Center Flycatchers - Great Crested in the woods, E.Kingbird at the Lake Vireos - Blue-headed and Red-eyed along the Lake Trail Swallows - Trees & Rough-winged Thrushes - head a Wood Thrush along the Lake Trail Mimids - Catbirds in several places Warblers - pretty much all singing males: Nashville, Chestnut-sided, Redstart, Black-thr.Greens, Yellow-rumped, ComYellowthroats (4 singing in meadows) Cardinalids - Cardinals, Rose-br.Grosbeaks, Scarlet Tanager (singing male) Sparrows - Towhees, Sings, White-throateds Icterids - Redwings, Grackles, Cowbirds, Baltimore Orioles (2)
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