Yellow-rumped Warbler
I started off this morning by the golf course pond, and soon encountered a small flock of Yellow-rumped Warblers.
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Mallard
Common Grackle
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Chpping Sparrow with nesting material
While I was photographing the Yellow-rumped Warblers, another warbler flew by. It was a Northern Waterthrush! I don't see this species very often, and the last one I saw was in 2019. I didn't get a very good photo of it, and tried unsuccessfully to re-locate this bird, but the yellow underside wash and decreasing width of its supercillum behind its eye are definitive.
Northern Waterthrush
I headed over to Western Park and added Blue Grosbeak, Common Yellowthroat, Yellow Warbler, and a few other avian species.
Blue Grosbeak
Yellow Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Eastern Bluebird
White-eyed Vireo
I then hiked along Slabtown Branch Creek, hoping to hear or see a Pine Warbler to make it a five warbler day, but I didn't see or even hear one. If fact, I haven't seen or heard any Pine Warblers since the heavy storms a few days ago. They tend to nest high up in the coniferous trees. I don't know if they are already on nest and not singing, or if they left the area because of the storm
Red-shouldered Hawk
I ended the hike with 35 avian species.
Canada Goose
Mallard
Black Vulture
Red-shouldered Hawk
Mourning Dove
Downy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
White-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Common Yellowthroat
Northern Waterthrush
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Blue Grosbeak