This morning I birded the park from 6:30 to 11:30 am. There were few
birds in first hour of birding but around 7:45 am a thunderstorm passed
north bringing in some light rain causing a large fallout of warblers
and other passerines. I recorded 22 species of warblers but nothing
super rare: abundance from high to low: Yellow-rumped: 85:
Chestnut-sided and Magnolia: 25; Black-throated Green: 20; Yellow: 15;
Blackburnian: 14; American Redstart, Tennessee and Black-throated Blue:
12; Palm: 8; Common Yellowthroat: 5; Ovenbird and Bay-breasted: 4;
Northern Parula: 3; Orange-crowned and Blackpoll: 2; singles of Hooded
Warbler (female), Cape May, Canada and Wilson's. These number are very
conservative. Also in the dogwood patch a very tired and hungry Marsh
Wren spent about 15 minutes feeding in small area. Also seen was a
single Olive-sided Flycatcher and four Gray-cheeked Thrushes. A
completed listing of 61 species seen is posted on E.bird. By the looks
of things more waves of storms will be grounding a lot more migrants
over the next few days .. and remember, it pays to go early because the
birds often rapidly disperse or leave within a hour or less from the
time of the groundings.
Direction: located at the south end of Colonel Samuel Smith Drive which
runs south off the Kipling south of Lakeshore Boulevard.
Wayne Renaud
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