Sparrows once again were the hit of the morning, as 9 of the 46 species I logged on the trail this morning were sparrows: Song, Field, Chipping, White-throated, White-crowned (First-of-Season - FOS), Swamp, Savannah, Lincoln's, and Eastern Towhee. I arrived at 8:30, and already had 21 species when I saw William Leigh (from Harrisonburg, VA) at 9:00, and we birded on the trail until noon. Another FOS bird for me was Pine Sisken, and we saw a flock of about 15 of them on the south end of Glenthorne Loop. We saw three warbler species: Palm, Magnolia, and Black-throated Green.
Black-throated Green Warbler
Palm Warbler - Yellow subspecies
Palm Warbler - Yellow subspecies
Palm Warbler - Western subspecies
Song Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
First year White-crowned Sparrow
First year White-crowned Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Blue-headed Vireo
Great Blue Heron
Female House Finch
Female Purple Finch
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Pine Siskin
Pine Siskin
Pine Siskin
This afternoon I took a break from processing photos, looked out of a window, and saw a FOS Brown Creeper in my fornt yard. I grabbed my camera and went outside - the Brown Creeper flew away, but there was a second one, along with a small flock of Golden-crowned Kinglets, another FOS bird for me.
Brown Creeper
Golden-crowned Kinglet