Yesterday morning provided a wonderful time in the back yard. I heard a Swainson's Thrush and when I began walking toward the sound, I saw movement. Through my binoculars, there were 2 Ovenbirds sitting on a downed log over the stream, and beside them was a Gray Catbird. Seeing movement further along the stream, about 4 feet above my head, I was treated to 3 Bay-breasted Warblers, 2 Magnolia Warblers, a female Black-throated Blue preening after using the steam puddles, a Common Yellowthroat female, a Warbling Vireo, and 2 American Redstarts that were dislodging insects from the leaves above my head and catching them in a flutter about 2 feet from me. When activity there finally ended, I began walking back and saw a Blackburnian Warbler and a Pewee, while the Swainson's still called and the Warbling Vireo began singing. A magical time!
Karyn Delaney
Economy Borough Yard Birds, Beaver, Pennsylvania, US Sep 17, 2025 9:44 AM - 10:50 AM Protocol: Traveling 0.075 mile(s) 25 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 10 Wild Turkey 2 Mourning Dove 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Pileated Woodpecker 2 Northern Flicker 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 Warbling Vireo 1 Heard and seen Blue Jay 4 Carolina/Black-capped Chickadee 2 Tufted Titmouse 2 White-breasted Nuthatch 2 Carolina Wren 2 Gray Catbird 1 Swainson's Thrush 1 American Robin 3 American Goldfinch 14 Ovenbird 2 Common Yellowthroat 1 American Redstart 2 Magnolia Warbler 2 Bay-breasted Warbler 3 Blackburnian Warbler 1 Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 Female Northern Cardinal 4
