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Magee birding 14-May-2006

My sightings later.

May 14 report from the TNA message board:

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Had 24 species of warblers today in a fairly limited amount of time at the Crane Creek boardwalk:
Golden-winged (few males)
Tennessee (2)
Orange-crowned (1-2)
Nashville (several)
Northern Parula (2)
Yellow (common)
Chestnut-sided (common)
Magnolia (very common)
Cape May (1)
Black-throated Blue (males common, only one female)
Yellow-rumped (common)
Black-throated Green (few throughout)
Blackburnian (very cooperative males, one female)
Palm (my 24th warbler seen...only 2)
Bay-breasted (several males)
Black-and-white (fairly common)
American Redstart (common males, few females)
Ovenbird (few)
Northern Waterthrush (few)
Mourning (1 male)
Common Yellowthroat (common)
Hooded (1 male)
Wilson's (several)
Canada (1 male)

Common Nighthawk at the Ottawa Auto Tour. Also a couple of moorhens at Magee, while searching for (but striking out) on the King Rail. Really wish I could have spent more time on this bird. Other birders had better luck.

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May 14 bird report posted to the listserv:

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Twenty-two warbler species but we missed
several birds seen by others. Here is a list of some of our highlights:

Black-billed Cuckoo
Great-crested Flycather (pair hanging together)
Blue-headed Vireo
Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher
Veery
Swainson's Thrush (many)
Wood Thrush
Brown Thrasher

Warblers:
Golden-winged
Tennesee
Nashville
Northern Parula
Yellow
Chestnut-sided (many)
Magnolia (many)
Cape May
Black-throated Blue (many)
Yellow-rumped
Black-throated Green
Blackburnian (many)
Palm
Bay-breasted
Black-and-white (many)
American Redstart (many)
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Mourning (at least two)
Common Yellowthroat
Wilsons
Canada

Scarlet Tanager (male singing incessantly)
Eastern Towhee
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (at least 4-6 birds)
Baltimore Oriole

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created by jr on May 16, 2006 at 01:02:12 pm     Comments: 0

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