Hi All, In the combination of seeing what the radar looked like last night, hearing migrants overhead as I left my house at 530 this morning, and yet more migrants passing over as I sat at Jester Park before sunrise, I thought it best to visit somewhere after my 8 AM class for some migrants. What better place than my local patch? Admittedly, I was disappointed to find mowing crews in the park upon my arrival and essentially played cat and mouse with them much of the time I was there. That said, there was definitely a large arrival last evening, mostly in Vireos. Some highlights: 9 Eastern Wood-Pewees (adult feeding begging juveniles, likely from the active nest here a couple weeks ago) 2 Yellow-bellied Flycatchers (one insistently singing) 12 Eastern Kingbirds FOS Blue-headed Vireo 32 Red-eyed Vireos FOS Ruby-crowned Kinglet 27 Gray Catbirds 1 Black-and-white Warbler 3 American Redstarts 1 Wilson's Warbler 2 warbler sp. (one of which I 'm thinking was an early Orange-crowned, but alas it got away....) Danny Akers Ankeny [email protected]
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