Hi All,
I led a trip to the Roy Park Preserve this morning for a Spring
Ornithology local trip. This was basically a warbler trip. The first one we
encountered was a male Prairie Warbler. He showed himself and sang for us. We
saw a
Canada Warbler singing from the bottom of the gorge (thanks, Peter).
Usually, I hear and see a Louisiana Waterthrush from there, but not today. We
did
hear one from another river feeding into Six-mile Creek. We had great
looks at a Black-throated Green Warbler, actually male and female. Common
Yellow-throats were everywhere. Yellow Warblers were seen or heard. I did
hear a bird song when we first entered the preserve. It had a Golden-winged
Warbler song. I searched in vain for that bird. We listened to it on my Ipod.
On the way back to the car, we actually saw the bird. It was a Blue-winged
Warbler! It had to have been a hybrid. We all enjoyed that. We also saw
Magnolia and Chestnut-sided Warblers while hunting for the Blue-Golden-winged
Warbler plus Scarlet Tanagers, Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, Bobolinks, Eastern
Towhees, and Turkeys were also heard. Someone in the group heard a
Yellow-billed Cuckoo. Wish we all had heard it. What a morning!
Best, Ann Mitchell
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