First big day of the spring at Magee for the number of warbler species with 29 species being observed if you break out the Brewster's as a separate bird. Had to sort through a bunch of Myrtles and Palms.
The weather by late morning was partly cloudy, temps around 60 with southwest winds at 10-15 mph.
I first stopped at the north end of the causeway and birded the Magee Marsh beach trail for about an hour or so.
White-crowned Sparrow xi
White-throated Sparrow xi
Blue-winged Warbler x
Palm Warbler xi
Myrtle Warbler xi
Nashville Warbler x
Northern Waterthrush x
American Redstart x
Warbling Vireo x
Gray Catbird x
Baltimore Oriole x
Empid Flycatcher x
Green Heron appearing to carry nesting material
Eastern Kingbird x
Chipping Sparrow x
Many Blue Jays and American Goldfinches were moving along the shoreline.
I started birding the outside edge of the boardwalk at 10:40 a.m. My observations along the boardwalk and along the outside edge:
Warblers
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Myrtle xxx
Palm xx
American Redstart xi
Black-throated Green xi
Yellow xi
Northern Waterthrush x
Northern Parula x
Tennessee x
Cape May x
Black-throated Blue x
Blackburnian x
Brewster's (First generation spring adult male. It had a little yellow on the chest.)
Chestnut-sided x
Nashville x
Black-and-white xi
Common Yellowthroat x
Blue-winged x
Mourning x
Cerulean x
Ovenbird x
Magnolia x
Hooded x
Bay-breasted x
Wilson's x
Yellow-breasted Chat x
Some other birds observed:
Whip-poor-will x
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher x
Scarlet Tanager x
Rose-breasted Grosbeak x
Great-crested Flycatcher x
White-eyed Vireo x
Warbling Vireo xi
Yellow-billed Cuckoo x
Black-billed Cuckoo x
Ruby-crowned Kinglet xi
White-throated Sparrow xi
Empid Flycatcher x
Least Flycatcher x
Swainson's Thrush x
Wood Thrush x
Veery x
Warblers observed by other birders:
Blackpoll
Orange-crowned
Worm-eating
Yellow-throated
From the TNA message board about May 4:
"... including Yellow-breasted Chat, 3 Ceruleans, 3 Orange-crowned, Worm-eating, Mourning, Hooded, Northern Parula, Blackpoll, Cape May, Blue-winged, Tennessee and Wilson's warbler. Also, Scarlet Tanager, Orchard Oriole, all the Thrushes, all the Vireos except Philadelphia, Whip-poor-will, Eastern Kingbird, and Lincoln's Sparrow among others."
The BSBO banding station at Navarre Marsh banded 343 birds, including 23 species of warblers.
