Montrose was fairly busy this morning. Obviously last night’s south winds brought in some birds. There were good numbers of Savannah and White-crowned Sparrows and a notable influx of American Redstarts and Common Yellowthroats. Overall warbler numbers and diversity were low though. Here’s some of what I saw in about an hour and a half:<\/p>\n
Common Tern – 3
\nGreen Heron – 1
\nTurkey Vulture – 1 flying south. A good bird for Montrose in the spring.
\nBlack-billed Cuckoo – 1
\nRed-bellied Woodpecker – 1, a good bird for Montrose at anytime
\nEastern Wood-Pewee – ~6
\nLeast Flycatcher – 3
\nAlder\/Willow Flycatcher – 1
\nEastern Kingbird – ~6
\nGreat Crested Flycatcher – 1
\nRed-eyed Vireo – 1
\nWarbling Vireo – 1
\nMarsh Wren – 1
\nRuby-crowned Kinglet – 2
\nWood Thrush – 1
\nVeery – 2
\nGray-cheeked Thrush – 1
\nSwainson’s Thrush – 2
\nGray Catbird – ~20
\nAmerican Pipit – 1
\nCedar Waxwing – ~12
\nTennessee Warbler – 1
\nOrange-crowned Warbler – 1
\nNashville Warbler – 2
\nNorthern Parula – 1
\nCape May Warbler – 1
\nMagnolia Warbler – ~5
\nYellow-rumped Warbler – 1
\nBlack-and-white Warbler – 3
\nBlackburnian Warbler – 1
\nBlack-throated Green Warbler – 1
\nPalm Warbler – 2
\nWilson’s Warbler – 1
\nNorthern Waterthrush – 2
\nCommon Yellowthroat – ~15
\nAmerican Redtstart – ~15
\nScarlet Tanager – 1
\nClay-colored Sparrow – 1
\nSavannah Sparrow – 50-100, everywhere, in the dunes, in the meadow, in treetops
\nLincoln’s Sparrow – ~10
\nSwamp Sparrow – ~20
\nWhite-crowned Sparrow – ~75
\nWhite-throated Sparrow – ~15
\nRose-breasted Grosbeak – 3
\nIndigo Bunting – 1
\nBobolink – 3
\nOrchard Oriole – 1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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