This week the warblers have finally hit.
Today Cameron and I went to Nokamixon state park and birded in the rain for 3 hrs.
We got soaked but it was well worth the effort. With Cameron's keen ear and our sodden pairs of bushnells and swarovskis, we were in the warbler zone.
Warblers
Prairie (#287)
Yellow
Blue-winged (#286)
Black and White (#283)
Black-throated Blue (#284)
Black-throated Green #285)
Oven Bird (#290)
Common Yellowthroat
Northern Parula (#289)
Worm-Eating (#288)
American Redstart (#282)
Yellow Rumped
Cool thing is that not only was I able to add these warblers to the Big Year list but they are all also lifers for me. We may have had more sp. of warbler b/c the trees were full of them but we couldn't see through our bins b/c the lenses were soaked. We will try again soon.
The list also included
Wood Thrush
17 Common loons
Red Breasted Mergs
Great Egret
Osprey
Barn/Tree/Bank Swallows (#278 listed as "Sand Martin") (lifer)
Baltimore Orioles (#280)
GBH
Eastern Towhee
Blue Grey Gnat Catchers (lifer)
Am. Goldfinch
Flied/Song Sparrows
Ruby Crowned Kinglet
Indigo Bunting (#281)
Ruby Throated Hummingbird (#279)
Ben: This sounds crazy! Worm-Eating? Blue-Winged?
ReplyDeleteI had to look a lot of these birds up. They weren't all in my West-Coast Field Guide.