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Posted by Rafael Galvez on 18:48:32 04/21/12
Arrived at A.D. Barnes at around 10:30am. The nature trail had more birds than I can remember in many springs at that site. Perhaps not the greatest diversity, but there were warblers everywhere. I can't remember the last time I had five Worm-eatings in a single binocular view, or 8 Am. Redstarts gleaning and chasing directly in front of me. This was the scenario today for WEWAs, AMREs and Black-and-white Warblers. To say there were "hundreds" of warblers in the park would not in-the-least have been an exaggeration - but this was no fallout. Certainly the weather was in play - needless to say, it was raining throughout my entire 3 hour visit to the park.
Below are some of the species observed, arranged from most plentiful, to least seen:
Worm-eating Warbler - abundant
Black-and-white Warbler - abundant
American Redstart - abundant
Black-throated Blue Warbler - abundant
Prairie Warbler - many
Blackpoll Warbler - many
Northern Parula - some
Cape May Warbler - some
Ovenbird - 3
Common Yellowthroat - 5 (in trees - "migrants")
Swainson's Warbler - 1
Northern Waterthrush - 1
Pine Warbler - 1
Palm Warbler - few
Not much else in terms of other migrants. Some catbirds, and Painted and Indigo Buntings.
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