Saturday at 6 a.m., for 30 minutes, I experienced an influx of warblers which was the best here on our Bowdoinham farm in years. They were feeding in an eastern facing stand of mature maples and ash trees at the edge of a pasture.
Impossible to count the yellow-rumped warblers and black-throated greens. They were like black flies, everywhere. (30?50?)
But also, northern parulas, American redstarts, black-throated blues, ovenbirds (in the understory), black and whites, chestnut-sideds, and the highlight for me, 2 male bay-breasted warblers (along with 2 scarlet tanagers and several blue-headed vireos). Later in the day, yellowthroat in the shrubbery. No rarities, but just the sheer numbers and colors was wonderful.
Others on this google bird group have been reporting their excitement, too, as migration seems to have had an uptick.
Lots of other FOY also on Saturday here:
Great-crested flycatcher
Solitary sandpiper (which hangs out near a swale, swampy area)
Indigo bunting
Note: Missing totally this spring were palm warblers, however.
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