A beautiful morning with full sun and a slight breeze. Only 5-degrees at 7:45 a.m. but that changed quickly. Unfortunately there was little bird migration action at the park. Not only didn't I encounter any new warblers, bunt there were none of the previous warblers in sight, only a few kinglets (both species) and the RC were singing. Today was also the first morning that I heard a winter wren singing. Saw it for only a few seconds. No Fox sparrow, but the male towhee did show up along with
countless numbers of White-throated sparrows, both light and dark morph. A few flickers (one was repeatedly calling from a hole at the top of a tall dead tree trunk), a few YBSSs, a couple of Hairy WPs and Downy WPs. A RTH flew over a couple of times. Also saw a Merlin and a juvenile Cooper's hawk. There were no flycatchers even though several species have been observed elsewhere, including Great crested and Least FC.
Vociferous flicker
Juvenile Cooper's hawk in deep shade with bright backdrop
One of very, very, very many WT sparrows
Male Eastern towhee
