Palm Warbler (yellow sub-species)
Got to the trail at 9:00 this morning, and met up with Walt C. as we both parked our cars along Glenthorne Loop. Walt had read my posting about the female Dickcissel, and we both went directly to that spot to see if it were still there. No luck - but there were hundreds of birds on the trail - everywhere we walked, sparrows and Palm Warblers flew from the ground into nearby trees.
In about 2-1/2 hours we logged at least 30 species, including several first of the season birds, including six species of sparrows.
Palm Warbler (yellow sub-species)
Palm Warbler (yellow sub-species)
Palm Warbler (western sub-species)
A Red-tailed Hawk was mobbed by at least 20 crows, and we heard a second hawk off in the distance.
Red-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
One of the sparrows we saw was very red - like a Swamp Sparrow, but it did not have a bi-colored bill, so it may have been a Lincoln's Sparrow. A Lincoln's Sparrow was spotted nearby a few minutes later.
Lincoln's(?) Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow