An adult or near adult Laughing Gull was at the east end of Montrose Beach this morning, June 13. Unfortunately the bird flew off to the south just after I identified it. I also saw a female American Redstart. The Red-winged Blackbirds are in kamikaze mode now, so watch your back.
Category Archives: Summer Bird Reports
June 11, 2013
Well, spring migration isn’t over just yet, but it’s really close. There might be one last pulse of migrants with the south winds and warmer weather forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday. This morning I had singing Wilson’s and Magnolia Warblers, a female American Redstart, and a Great Crested Flycatcher. I also heard what were probably Alder and Willow Flycatchers calling. I usually keep birding Montrose for the first 10 or 15 days in June for late migrants and stragglers. Who knows, maybe a Fork-tailed Flycatcher or Brown-chested Martin will show up.
June 5, 2013
A brief walk around Montrose this morning yielded the following birds:
Mute Swan – 5 (3 adults, 2 immatures) flying east
Black-bellied Plover – 1
Sanderling – 2
Semipalmated Sandpiper – 1
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher – 2
Alder Flycatcher – 1
Mourning Warbler – 2
Wilson’s Warbler – 1
The fat lady still hasn’t sung.
Hooded Warbler and Northern Mockingbird, June 2, 2013
Montrose wasn’t very active this morning, as is to be expected for the first week in June, but I had a few goodies. A male Hooded Warbler was singing in the Magic Hedge. I never saw him but others did. I also had a Northern Mockingbird in the willows in the dunes. Other birds seen or heard include Semipalmated Plover, Yellow-bellied and Willow Flycatchers, Eastern Wood-Pewee, Veery, 8 migrating Blue Jays, Wilson’s, Magnolia, and Chestnut-sided Warblers, Ovenbird, and American Redstart.