Ashbridges - week of May 9

[nkwali]

May 9
Good day for different species of warblers just not very many. Thanks to Kris for pointing out a good location for many of them.

Northern Parula
Magnolia
Yellow
Yellow-rumped
Black-throated Green
Black-throated Blue
Black-and-white
Palm
Chestnut-sided
Ovenbird

And the usual suspects

[nkwali]

May 10

Slower on the warbler front this morning

Cape May
Palm
Black-throated Blue (spotted male and female)
Yellow-rumped
Ovenbird
Others reported: Black-throated Green, Black-and-white, American Redstart

Baltimore orioles
B-G gnatcatchers
R-C kinglets
Brown Thrasher
Winter Wren
Warbling Vireos (lots of these guys around)
Grey Catbird

White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Chipping

Chimney Swift
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow

[nkwali]

May 11

Spent a few hours at Ashbridges this morning.

I ran into batches of bird

Highlights:
Warblers
American Redstart
Magnolia
Yellow
Yellow-rumped
Black-and-white
Black-throated Blue
Black-throated Green

Least Flycatcher

Wood Thrush
Hermit Thrush

Eastern Towhee

And the usual suspects.

[nkwali]

May 13

Highlights:
Scarlet Tanager (female; others reported male near parking lot)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Blue-headed Vireo
Savannah Sparrow
Lincoln Sparrow
Spotted Sandpiper
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Towhee

Warblers
Yellow
Yellow-rumped
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Magnolia
Nashville
Palm
Chestnut-sided

lots of the usual suspects. Most collecting on the East side of the park in the brush late morning through early afternoon.

[noam markus]

Bobolink at ABB early this morning. May 13, 2016

Bobolink by Noam Markus, on Flickr

[rickeckley]

I decided to move over from the Wet Woods and try out Ashbridges Bay this morning from 8:15-10:30.  It was rainy and cold, but the park held the beauty I remembered.  Despite the rain, I had 43 species.

Highlights:

Scarlet Tanager - male (near parking lot)
Yellow-Throated Vireo (south side on the way to the tip)
Blue Headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo - the most numerous bird of the day
Cape May
Maggie
Chestnut-Sided
Common Yellowthroat
Palm
Yellow Rump
Yellow
Swainson's Thrush
Veery
Kingbird
Catbird

Rick