Colonel Sam Smith - 6 Warbler Species

[Iain]

I birded the Bowl briefly this evening and came up with the following birds:

Yellow-rumped Warbler (many)
Palm Warbler (2)
Black-throated Green Warbler (7)
Black-and-white Warbler (1)
Nashville Warbler (2)
Tennessee Warbler (1)

Winter Wren (1)
Hermit Thrush (5)
Purple Finch (1)
Blue-headed Vireo (3)
Warbling Vireo (1)
White-throated Sparrow
Slate Coloured Junco
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow (2)
Winter Wren (1)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet


Iain

[Margaret]

Which area do you call the Bowl? I was at the park Saturday at noon and did not see your variety of warblers. Maybe they came in after the storm?

[Brian Bailey]

"The Bowl" a.k.a. "The Swale" is the long depression in the northeast corner of the park lined on both sides with conifers.

I think the birding, like the weather, changed considerably over the weekend.  There were lots of Pine Warblers on Saturday.  I couldn't find any on Sunday.

I could only come up with 2 warbler species in over 2 hours on Saturday, but a short visit Sunday morning produced 4, including at least 2 Northern Waterthrush.  I came up almost empty at the bowl on Sunday morning, but had much better luck near the Power House. (Again, the reverse of Saturday.)

Two other species of note on Sunday:  Pileated Woodpecker (male) and Blue-gray Gnatcatcher.

BB