After yesterday's warblers in Stoney Creek, could today be a better birding day?? I got to the trail a bit earlier than usual (8:20 a.m.), so I headed upstream first as I knew that the Glenthorne Loop trail would still be in shadow. By the time I walked to the park benches and back to the kiosk in 20 minutes, I had already logged 16 species. Little did I know that there were 19 more species to see on the trail this morning.
On the downstream trail I saw two firsts for this season, a Palm Warbler and a Savannah Sparrow. Then a Black-throated Green Warbler flew overhead.
The highlight of the morning for me came on the Glenthorne Loop trail after I had already hiked all the way to the second wooden bridge and was hiking around the bog area when I saw warblers. I got a glimpse of a Magnolia Warbler and enough of a photo to positively identify it, and then a Common Yellowthroat was sitting in plain sight on some branches. There were two many nearby branches for my camera to autofocus, and by the time I switched to manual focus it had gone. However, I was promptly rewarded - I have been trying for four years to get a better photo of a Northern Parula Warbler, and one came out right in front of me to say hello. Cross that one off my to-do list! A minute later I was close to a Least Flycatcher, and I ended my two hour hike watching an Eastern Wood-Pewee have a snack.
Eastern Bluebirds
Savannah Sparrow
Palm Warbler
Palm Warbler
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Black-throated Green Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Northern Parula
Northern Parula
Northern Parula
Northern Parula
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Indigo Bunting American Crow Catbird Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Northern Cardinal Rock Pigeon Eastern Wood-Pewee Least Flycatcher Carolina Wren Carolina Chickadee Pileated Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker Red-winged Blackbird Starling Great Blue Heron Ruby-throated Hummingbird American Goldfinch Blue Jay Common Yellowthroat Magnolia Warbler Northern Parula Palm Warbler Turkey Vulture Black Vulture Northen Mockingbird Blue Grosbeak Cedar Waxwing Black-throated Green Warbler Eastern Meadowlark |