Ken and I had great morning birding at Lindsay Parsons Biodiversity Preserve. Many warblers actively singing, with good views. There were many PRAIRIE WARBLERs around the perimeter of the field, and we were lucky enough to watch one go to her eye-level nest in a shrub. Quite a few BLUE-WINGED, CHESTNUT-SIDED and MAGNOLIA warblers with very many YELLOW WARBLERS and COMMON YELLOWTHROATS. On the blue trail beyond the railroad tracks we saw BLACK and WHITE WARBLERS, REDSTARTS, and watched an OVENBIRD walk along for a bit and then sing for us. We saw VEERY, WOOD THRUSHES, SCARLET TANAGER, a variety of woodpeckers and heard BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER in this area as well. Up on the crest of the yellow trail we were delighted to watch a HOODED WARBLER singing, FOY for us. At the large pond were 8 WOOD DUCKS, a GREEN HERON, GREAT BLUE HERON and SPOTTED SANDPIPER. It was worth carrying the spotting scope! We never ran into another person while at the preserve for several hours. And as we left, Ken spotted a GREAT EGRET on the pond across the road from the preserve.
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