Ashbridges bay -week of May 16

[mr.sharp-photo]

Went today. Really slow for the later afternoon.
Yellow rump
Yellow
Common yellow throat
Blue video
Warbl video
Black and white
Chestnut
Asst sparrows
Lots of Orioles and gdfinches

[nkwali]

Thursday
Slow on the warbler scene (highlight was an Ovenbird)
However there were 9 Dunlins and a couple of Semi-palmated Plovers in the flooded area of the beach.

[Brown-headed Birder]

Early Friday there were other shorebirds scattered from flooded Woodbine Beach to the flooded area closer to Ashbridges.  There were four Least Sandpipers, about half a dozen Killdeer and one Spotted near Ashbridges.  Allison discovered a large flock of Dunlin on Woodbine Beach.  By the time we got there only 3 Dunlin remained but there were 2 Semi-palmated Plovers and 1 Semi-Palmated Sandpiper. A photopher also reported a flock of about 30 Whimbrel (he seemed a beginner as he wasn't familiar with the name) on the rocks at the SE point.  By the time we got there there was no sign of them so incertain if they were there ... but not unheard of.  We left by 10 because of the cold wi d but definitely worth checking repeatedly the next few days when crowds aren't around

Theresa

[nkwali]

First thing this morning - and only down for about an hour and a half.

On the last of the flooded area
Flock of 30+ Dunlin
8 Semi-palmated Plover
1 Semi-palmated Sandpiper

warblers
Bay-breasted
Blackpoll
American Redstart
Yellow

Others reported:
Northern Parula
Black-throated Blue

[Brown-headed Birder]

Thanks Julie for the Blackpoll, which was in a pine near all the Willows that run along the water in the middle of the park. There was also a remaining Lincoln's Sparrow and at least two Swainson's Thrushes.  Bird of the day for me was a flock of 8 Whimbrel which flew over calling around 7:30, very close to shore at the SE point.  As folks at the Spit reported a few flocks from 6 a.m. onward mine was likely one or part of one of theirs.  There is hope, however small and surprising, to see early-morning Whimbrel without hiking out to the end of the Spit or to Whimbrel Point at Col Sams ... though both are excellent adventures.

Theresa