Hello everyone,
It was an excellent spring migration day with lots of warblers, flycatchers, and other spring visitors. We were fortunate to find a very cooperative male Black-throated Blue Warbler bopping around on the fence in the Japanese Garden and giving us great looks. We also had a Mourning Warbler and a Canada Warbler in the garden. Chestnut-sided Warblers were around, and several other warbler species too, all looking gorgeous in their breeding plumage.
We found a Hummingbird in its usual spot on the center path of the island. The grove next to the old tennis courts had many empids as well as a Great Crested Flycatcher and a beautiful Scarlet Tanager. The Purple Martins were setting up their homes in the Martin houses, chattering away about decorating ideas. A mama Mallard led a flock of tiny ducklings on a swim by the Darrow Bridge and we spotted several Spotted Sandpipers on the islands in the lagoons. Eric saw an Osprey fly over, and he heard a Golden-crowned Kinglet, but unfortunately the rest of us missed both of those. It was Eric’s lucky day!
BIRDERS: Marian, Jennie, Cheryl, Jeff, Katie, Traci, Jo, Tyler, Howard, Roger, Monica, Elaine, Jaesoo, Val, Marisa, Jan, Paul, Leslie, Mark C., Eric, Mark W., Gary, Robert, Simone, Sarah, and welcome to Jennifer, visiting from Kansas, Clare, Jack, Lee, visiting from California, Andy, Chris, and welcome back to Raman who was in Chicago for a visit.
TIME: 8:00am to 1:00pm
WEATHER: 55 degrees, cloudy, windy
Compiler: Cheryl
Canada Goose Number observed: 22
Wood Duck Number observed: 2
Mallard Number observed: 5
Mourning Dove Number observed: 2
Chimney Swift Number observed: 12
Ruby-throated Hummingbird Number observed: 3
Killdeer Number observed: 2
Spotted Sandpiper Number observed: 4
Ring-billed Gull Number observed: 13
American Herring Gull Number observed: 2
Caspian Tern Number observed: 1
Double-crested Cormorant Number observed: 14
Black-crowned Night Heron Number observed: 3
Green Heron Number observed: 3
Cooper's Hawk Number observed: 1
Downy Woodpecker Number observed: 3
Northern Flicker Number observed: 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee Number observed: 2
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Number observed: 1
Willow Flycatcher Number observed: 2
Least Flycatcher Number observed: 2
Empidonax sp. Number observed: 2
Great Crested Flycatcher Number observed: 1
Eastern Kingbird Number observed: 6
Warbling Vireo Number observed: 7
Blue Jay Number observed: 1
American Crow Number observed: 4
Black-capped Chickadee Number observed: 1
Tree Swallow Number observed: 5
Purple Martin Number observed: 21
Northern Rough-winged Swallow Number observed: 7
Barn Swallow Number observed: 10
Ruby-crowned Kinglet Number observed: 1
White-breasted Nuthatch Number observed: 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Number observed: 13
Northern House Wren Number observed: 4
European Starling Number observed: 16
Gray Catbird Number observed: 5
Swainson's Thrush Number observed: 7
American Robin Number observed: 26
House Sparrow Number observed: 3
American Goldfinch Number observed: 5
White-crowned Sparrow Number observed: 2
White-throated Sparrow Number observed: 1
Song Sparrow Number observed: 6
Orchard Oriole Number observed: 2
Baltimore Oriole Number observed: 10
Red-winged Blackbird Number observed: 21
Brown-headed Cowbird Number observed: 15
Common Grackle Number observed: 2
Ovenbird Number observed: 1
Northern Waterthrush Number observed: 2
Black-and-white Warbler Number observed: 4
Nashville Warbler Number observed: 2
Connecticut Warbler Number observed: 1
Mourning Warbler Number observed: 3
Common Yellowthroat Number observed: 5
American Redstart Number observed: 25
Magnolia Warbler Number observed: 5
Yellow Warbler Number observed: 18
Chestnut-sided Warbler Number observed: 5
Black-throated Blue Warbler Number observed: 2
Palm Warbler Number observed: 9
Yellow-rumped Warbler Number observed: 4
Black-throated Green Warbler Number observed: 2
Canada Warbler Number observed: 3
Wilson's Warbler Number observed: 2
Scarlet Tanager Number observed: 1
Northern Cardinal Number observed: 4
If you’d like more information about a bird, check out the All About Birds ID guide:
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/
Corrections, additions, and comments are welcome.
Good birding everyone,
Jennie
Photo: Orange-crowned warbler by Devin Grady