AD Barnes dripping with warblers

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: I spent the morning at Barnes today checking for any new arrivals...what I found was low diversity but extreme abundance! The two most active areas (although the entire park was alive with birds) were the ficus trees near the lake and the shrubby-wooded area between the above-mentioned trees and Bird Road. Consequently, there is a HUGE fruiting ficus in the middle of that shrubby area, and there are several "park resident" trails meandering through it...the best location is right under the ficus, smack dab in the middle of the hammock vegetation. The boardwalk area was quiet, but did house a beautiful VEERY! (can you tell it's the first one I've seen in awhile?) : Okay, here's the list: : Veery- 1 (que lindo!) : Blue-gray Gnatcatcher- Ubiquitous : American Redstart- 20+ : Black & White- 30+ : Yellow-throated (all yellow lored)- 10+ : Black-throated Blue (mostly males)- 20+ : Worm-eating Warbler (not as many as two days ago, but still common)- 30+ : Northern Parula- Ubiquitous : Ovenbird- 15+!!!! : Northern Waterthrush- 4!!!! : Prairie Warbler- 20+ : Red-eyed Vireo- Ubiquitous- at least 100 throughout : Yellow-throated Vireo- 2 : Summer Tanager- 2 (heard only) : Great-crested Flycatcher- 1 : Gray Catbird- 2 : 9 species of warbler...not too bad! : cheers : David

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