Thickson's Woods- May 18

[raypye]

warblers- 23 species
Blue-winged Warbler, Wilson's, Blackpoll, Mourning, Bay-breasted, and Northern Parula
Yellow-throated Vireo- 1, Scarlet Tanager- 5, Indigo Bunting- 5, Field Sparrow-1, Gray-cheeked Thrush- 1, and Black-billed Cuckoo- 1
Rayfield Pye

[norman]

You're killing me, Rayfield ... what time of day were you there? The blue-winged AND the vireo would've had me blubbering like a maudlin aardvark. An Irish, inebriated "Do you remember that Sean character before he went overboard and they found him floating face-down in Galway Bay? Sure, he was a good lad, and jaysus, he could hold his Guinness, now ..." aardvark.


Haven't been out early enough, and the gale-force winds have kept me off The Spit. Today it was all type, type, type and prepare documents to the incessant "Wheep"-ing of a great-crested flycatcher ... we take what we can get, eh?


--nb

[norman]

Just re-read your post. Five scarlet tanagers. Five of them. I have to lie down.