Jaye and I spent two hours on Ft Riley at the Pet Cemetery Trail (aka Moon Lake Hiking Trail - Geary County) this morning and had 10 warbler species. Not great by eastern Kansas standards but a good day on the west side of the Flint Hills. Merlin claimed a Bay-breasted Warbler but we never saw or heard it. We did get wonderful looks at a Blackburninan Warbler though! Four things I noticed this morning: The morning chorus was devoid of Harris's Sparrows which was not a surprise; Tennessee Warblers were everywhere; Eastern Wood-Pewees are back and singing; Yellow-billed Cuckoos were back and singing. These four things combined indicate that we are on the downhill side of spring migration (aka, Birder's Christmas.) Sigh.......
