Saturday, May 14, 2022

Big Bird Wadyamacallit Day

Today was the Big Bird Thingy, It was supposed to be nasty weather but the birds showed up anyway, in their hundreds if not thousands. I started off on the deck at 6:30 with a cup of tea, binoculars and Merlin App on the iPhone. Holy Shit! The trees were dripping with Warblers, Vireo's, Orioles. Flycatchers and what have you. I quickly got a new bird for the yard in Hooded Warbler, Whoo Hoo! It actually brightened up so I took a chance and set the blind up and apart from a break for lunch and a mid afternoon cup of English Breakfast I was in the blind until 4pm when exhaustion took over. I took 5072 photographs, I saw or Merlin App heard 74 species, I got 4 new yard birds, Hooded, Worm-eating, Prothonotary and Blue-winged Warblers. 

It was a 19 Species of Warbler day. 😎 Here's a few of them. Ok more than a few.

American Redstart
American Redstart
Black and White Warbler
Black and White Warbler
Black and White Warbler
Black and White Warbler
Black and White Warbler
Black and White Warbler
Black and White Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Blue Winged Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Common Yellowthroat
Indigo Bunting
Magnolia Warbler
Myrtle Warbler
Northern Parula
Northern Parula
Worm-eating Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler

4 comments:

  1. That sounds and looks like a great day! Prothonotary has to be a great bird for Lebanon County! Wonderful look at both male and female Black-and-white Warblers.

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  2. Awesome! All with 500mm pf?

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    1. Yep, Z9 and 500PF, a great combination.

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