Warblers Redux

Yellow Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Ovenbird, Northern Waterthrush in Prospect Park yesterday. Yellow Warbler, Yellowthroat, American Redstart, Black & White Warbler, and Chestnut-sided Warbler today @ Jamaica Bay. Lots of Yellow Warblers today. They, along with Yellowthroats, are about the only warblers I can confidently identify by ear. Still, not great numbers of warblers, but apparently their numbers are down so far this year--possibly the big push of migration hasn't come through yet, or possibly I just stink at finding warblers. But finding that Chestnut-sided Warbler in the North Garden @ JBWR this morning was sweet--a great looking bird with its yellow cap and brown streaks at the side.

Overall, we had a great day at JBWR. We went despite a sketchy weather report and aside from a few sprinkles while we were in the gardens, the weather turned out to be sunny & cool while the gusting winds held off until after we left.

Other highlights: Barn Owl owlets at Big John's Pond. The yellow fluffball goslings with their fiercely protective parents. Hearing a pewee and then actually finding it. And, of course, walking up Terrapin Trail to find oystercatchers for Shari.
 54 species total for the day at East, West, and Big John's Ponds

Brant	3,300
Canada Goose	120
Mute Swan	77
Gadwall	9
American Black Duck	12
Mallard	24
Green-winged Teal	2
Greater Scaup	3
Bufflehead	4
Red-breasted Merganser	1
Ruddy Duck	58
Double-crested Cormorant	35
Great Egret	10
Snowy Egret	4
Little Blue Heron	1
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron	3
Glossy Ibis	30
Osprey	4
Cooper's Hawk	1
Clapper Rail	1
American Oystercatcher	2
Willet	6
Lesser Yellowlegs	3
Least Sandpiper	6
Laughing Gull	10
Herring Gull	13
Great Black-backed Gull	6
Forster's Tern	58
Rock Pigeon	3
Barn Owl	2
Hairy Woodpecker	1
Eastern Wood-Pewee	1
Eastern Phoebe	1
White-eyed Vireo	1
American Crow	3
Tree Swallow	73
Carolina Wren	2
House Wren	2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	1
American Robin	5
Gray Catbird	56
Brown Thrasher	4
Yellow Warbler	28
Chestnut-sided Warbler	1
Black-and-white Warbler	1
American Redstart	1
Common Yellowthroat	9
Eastern Towhee	4
Song Sparrow	4
Northern Cardinal	6
Red-winged Blackbird	54
Common Grackle	1
Boat-tailed Grackle	3
American Goldfinch	1