There was quite a dawn chorus already going when I arrived at the
green bridge on Armitage Road around 5 AM today. As I got out of the
car, one, then the other PROTHONOTARY WARBLER sang out. One on either
side of the road, they were easily the loudest singers there. They
were joined early on by a WARBLING VIREO, YELLOW WARBLER, AMERICAN
REDSTART, and COMMON YELLOWTHROAT. After a half hour, a CERULEAN
WARBLER began to the south of the road and farther back in the woods,
two NORTHERN WATERTHRUSHES. From time to time, I could head the
"churr" of a RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER and a nearby PILEATED WOODPECKER.
Eventually a SWAMP SPARROW kicked in.
Although it was already light, I heard no owls (might have expected a
Barred) and no Acadian Flycatchers. By 7 AM I was joined by several
other birders, including Paul Anderson, Chris Tessaglia-Hymes, and
Melissa Groo. The woods on the south side of the road are beginning to
dry out, but there is still plenty of water to the north.
Bob McGuire
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