I birded the north parts of Sam Smith Park this morning and found it slow until I reached the shrubby area to the east of the "Amusement Green" (now the Aussie rules football field). It was teeming with birds and birdsong. Notable birds:
Warblers:
Yellow-rumped (plentiful)
Palm
Yellow (1)
Nashville (1)
Ovenbird (1 singing)
Black and White (1)
Sparrows:
White-crowned (a few)
White-throated (very plentiful)
Field (a few)
Chipping (plentiful)
Towhee (several, M & F)
Others:
Blue-headed Vireo
House Wren
Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Y-B Sapsucker
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Hermit Thrush (about 10)
heavy Blue Jay migration, flying high W to E
a few Common Loons flying over.
BB
