Saturday, May 03, 2014

May 3 - Twenty Warbler Day at Garret Mountain

Highlight was the Least Bittern !   This is a very rare bird for this park, and I have never seen it here before.  The morning was quite good with the following 20 Wood Warblers seen:
Ovenbird, Worm-Eating, Northern Waterthrush, Blue-Winged, Black-and-White, Nashville, Common Yellowthroat, Hooded, American Redstart, Cape May, Northern Parula, Magnolia, Blackburnian, Chestnut-Sided, Black-throated Blue, Palm, Pine, Yellow-rumped, Prairie, and Black-Throated Green.

Other good birds today were American Woodcock, Great Crested Flycatcher, Yellow-Throated Vireo, Veery, Wood Thrush, Scarlet Tanager, Orchard Oriole & Baltimore Oriole.