Leslie spit/wet woods - May 18

[mr.sharp-photo]

bonanza today!

Connecticiut warbler observed briefly (not by me)
blackpoll (not by me)
blackburnian x ? (lots)
parula x lots
magnolia
asst vireos (red, maybe a philadelphia, warbling)
bay breasted x a bunch
chestnut sided
cape may
yellow
am redstart
yellow
palm
indigo bunting
scarlet tanager m and f

surprisingly, not one yellow rumped warbler.

great day to bird, dudes

[Howieh]

Nice, how far from the parking lot do I have to walk and are they as plentiful during the (late) afternoon?

[Henrique Pacheco]

I went birding today at the wet woods.

Highlights include:

Fish Crow (seen and heard flying over the parking lot towards ashbridges)
Cape may (4!)
Ovenbird
Great egret
Common loon
Common raven
American crow
Peregrine falcon (2 put on quite a show and at one point flew right over our heads)
Bay breasted (lots)
Willow flycatcher
Blackpoll
Lincoln's sparrow (2)
Scarlet tanager
Indigo bunting


All in all, a good day.

[Bluffs Birder]

A great morning in the Wet Woods at the Spit.  Phil L and I got the following birds:

Canada Goose
Mallard
Common Loon
Double-crested Cormorant
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Caspian Tern
Rock Pigeon
Chimney Swift
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
American Crow
Common Raven
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Tennessee Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
Orchard Oriole
American Goldfinch

Walter