After the doldrums of recent days on High Island the winds changed, and so did our fortunes with some 29 warblers around the "island". I managed to see 2 Cerulean Warblers, 2 different Golden-winged Warblers, many Blackburnian Warblers, masses of tame, tame Black-throated Green Warblers, lots of "Halloween" colored male American Redstarts, and a fine male Cape May Warbler to top all of this off. OK so I missed the rarity-a Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher that has been skillfully avoiding me now for three days (not that I am counting), but I did get seriously in your face looks at Yellow-billed Cuckoo at the photo blind (not a regular occurrence even there), along with lots of cool migrants like Warbling Vireo, Blue Grosbeak, and a flyover of four Mississippi Kites that put the icing on the cake when they landed in the trees above us and glared down at with the piercing stare that only a raptor can give.
I have one meager morning in the woods at High Island tomorrow before I set off for snowy Colorado and chickens and mountain birds to come.
I have one meager morning in the woods at High Island tomorrow before I set off for snowy Colorado and chickens and mountain birds to come.
2 comments:
Are you not going to be with us at Lake Erie this year?
I will be at Magee Marsh from May 5th, just sneaking in some lifers in Colorado first! See you in Ohio.
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