Birded Murphy early this morning and then went to Lake Byllesby and ended up getting drenched, muddy (I slid down a hill after slipping) and not seeing much there (rain was too hard to really see much), however I did get a few interesting things...
Murphy was generally quiet, but after 2.5 hours of work I ended up with several warblers, mostly in small waves of 6-8 birds of 2-3 species at a time: Ovenbird (lots) Blue-winged Warbler (lots) Yellow Warbler (Many) Yellow-rumped Warbler (many) Blackpoll Warbler (3) Golden-winged Warbler (1) Cape May Warbler (1) American Redstart (a few) Mourning Warbler (1) Palm Warbler (1) Also had: Bobolink (3) Cedar Waxwing (7) Gray Catbird (several) Sedge Wren (1) House Wren (several) Field Sparrow (a few) Fox Sparrow (2) Lake Byllesby had: Tennessee Warbler (1) Yellow-rumped Warbler (many) Yellow Warbler (a few) Barn Swallow (Lots) Bank Swallow (A few) Northern Rough-winged Swallow (a few) American White Pelican (lots) Caspian Tern (7 flying over) Northern Shoveler (lots) Blue-winged Teal (lots) Short-billed Dowitcher (2) Lesser Yellowlegs (many) The rains came before I could pick out much more, though someone who was there before me said he saw Semipalmated plovers, and dunlin amongst other things. Had I known Steve Weston saw the Piping Plover there, i'd have waited to see if the rains would abate....have to return tomorrow I suppose. On the way back I hit 140th...surprise surprise, it wasn't raining....but birds were few... 140th had: Spotted Sandpiper (3) Lesser Yellowlegs (1) Loggerhead Shrike (1)
