I opened the window wide this morning and listened intently for a few minutes, hoping for warbler song. I heard an Ovenbird, but nothing else. Later I heard a Yellow across the street. Then, just after 11:30, there was a brief rain shower, lasting maybe 5 minutes. Shortly after it ended all hell broke loose (all heaven would be more accurate). Warblers were singing from the treetops in and all around my yard. Over the next half hour I saw or heard the following 10 species:
Nashville 1 N. Parula - 1 Yellow 1 Chestnut-sided 1 Magnolia 1 Black-throated Blue 1 Black-throated Green - 3 Blackburnian 1-2 Blackpoll 2-3 Ovenbird 1 That flurry increased my yard warbler list for the year by over 2X. I can only hope it's also a good omen for Great South Bay Audubon's annual field trip to Doodletown, Mine Road, and Bashakill this weekend which I'm co-leading. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
