Mini Fallout - backyard, Toronto

[Walter Fisher]

During a couple of brief periods of little to no rain yesterday (May 1st) I had the following show up in the yard...

Blue-headed Vireo 1
Swainson's Thrush 1
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Blackburnian Warbler 2
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2

Good birding,
Walter

[mr.sharp-photo]

During a couple of brief periods of little to no rain yesterday (May 1st) I had the following show up in the yard...

Blue-headed Vireo 1
Swainson's Thrush 1
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Blackburnian Warbler 2
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2

Good birding,
Walter

TWO blackburnian in your yard? ye god....

[Walter Fisher]

TWO blackburnian in your yard? ye god....

And a first time visitor at that!  Warbler species #20 all-time for the yard!

Good birding,
Walter

[Walter Fisher]

Thanks to the overcast and rainy conditions the parade of birds continues through the yard...

May 3rd
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1

May 4th
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Veery 3
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Northern Parula 1
Blackburnian Warbler 1

All birds lately have been noted traveling west to east through the yards.  We have a flowering Cherry tree in the yard to the west of us, a flowering Pear tree in our yard, and another flowering Cherry tree in the yard to the east.  Also we have a small pond with a fairly noisy waterfall that really brings the birds in.  The Kinglet, Parula, Blackburnian, and one Veery all stopped to get a drink today.

Good birding,
Walter

[Walter Fisher]

This morning I had 2 Indigo Buntings feeding amongst the plants in the yard near the pond.  One was an adult male and the other was an immature male.  Bird species 111 for the backyard.  Also seen was a male Black-throated Blue Warbler.

Good birding,
Walter