- a chestnut-sided warbler
- yellow warblers
- a rose-breasted grosbeak
- catbirds
- goldfinches
- house wrens
- red-eyed vireos
- mallards
- Canada geese
- robins
- a downy woodpecker
- cardinals
Thursday, May 29, 2008
warblers as I wander
One bright spot during this year's rather dismal birding season has been a trail I love down by the river at school. There are short sections I occasionally wander and I have yet to come away without seeing or hearing something cool. This is mostly because it's along a major river, I think; but also because the trees are mature and the vegetation is wonderfully lush. This morning I was running late, but as I was rushing I still managed to hear two different kinds of vireos, a catbird, and yellow warblers. This afternoon, wandering and weeding garlic mustard as I went, I heard:
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I thought that the birding weekend we spent down in Pelee was pretty nice.
It was lovely, but you have to admit that the weather left something to be desired.
I enjoyed Hillman, and I was pleased with what we saw... but lord was it cold and wet. And the birds were hard to find.
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