The mixed flock of warblers working the dry stream bed at Hempstead Lake since Thursday continued throughout the day, but it definitely seems to be a dynamic and fluid assemblage of birds. Today, Parula, Yellow-rump, Redstart, Palm, and Black-throated Blue were abundant and confiding, and were intermittently joined by Nashville, Black-throated Green, Yellowthroat, and Black-and-white. Ovenbird, Blackpoll, and Magnolia were seen on the fringes or away from the flock. Birders on site this morning twice glimpsed a stout, yellowish warbler with dingy plumage on the head, but we could not confirm its identity as the previously-sighted Mourning before it disappeared from view heading far back the stream bed. Some saw a potential Tennessee candidate, but unfortunately this tricky species was not definitively sighted today either. The flock is moving more or less constantly, and my morning and afternoon visits turned up different numbers and species whenever I connected with them. The Rusty Blackbird continues and was seen by several observers. Raptors put on a show today as well, including battling Cooper's Hawks, a lone Sharp-shin, a soaring Peregrine pair, and a flyby Great Horned Owl.
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