Montrose was really hopping this morning. It never ceases to amaze me what a couple days of south winds can do in spring. In about an hour and a half I saw the following birds (not a complete list):<\/p>\n
Piping Plover – 1, the unbanded male
\nAmerican Avocets – 2, flew in from the south and landed on the beach around 6:30
\nLittle Blue Heron – 1 adult flying south over Lake Michigan with 2 Great Blue Herons
\nGreen Heron – 1
\nRed-headed Woodpecker – 1 near the golf course pond
\nYellow-bellied Sapsucker – 1
\nLeast Flycatcher – 1
\nGreat Crested Flycatcher – 1
\nEastern Kingbird – 3
\nSedge Wren – 1 in the meadow
\nHouse Wren – ~5
\nBlue-gray Gnatcatcher – 2
\nVeery – ~4
\nSwainson’s Thrush – 3
\nGray-cheeked Thrush – 1
\nGray Catbird – 3
\nAmerican Pipit – 1
\nOrange-crowned Warbler – 2
\nNashville Warbler – 1
\nYellow-rumped Warbler – ~40
\nPalm Warbler – ~20
\nBlack-throated Green Warbler – 1
\nYellow Warbler – 2
\nHooded Warbler – 1 female in the Magic Hedge
\nOvenbird – 1
\nYellow-breasted Chat – 1 near the water feature
\nAmerican Redstart – 1
\nField Sparrow – 1
\nHenslow’s Sparrow – 1 in the meadow
\nSavannah Sparrow – ~30
\nSwamp Sparrow – ~40
\nLincoln’s Sparrow – ~10
\nWhite-throated Sparrow – +
\nWhite-crowned Sparrow – ~10
\nBobolink – 1 male
\nPurple Finch – 1<\/p>\n
I probably missed a few things but you get the idea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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