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The spring migration has been coming through strong and it's been beautiful to see. This weeks birds (not counting doves, grackles, etc):
Indigo Bunting
Painted Bunting
Blue Grosbeak
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Scarlet Tanager
Summer Tanager
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Swainson's Thrush
Swallow-tailed Kite (it swooped down only a few feet in front of our car and about 20 feet up and put on a show -right in the middle of town)
Cooper's Hawk
Magnificent Frigatebird
Osprey
Cedar Waxwings (hundreds!)
Piliated Woodpecker
Gray Catbird
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Tufted Titmouse
Ovenbird
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
American Redstart
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow-throated Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Black & White Warbler
Northern Parula
By next Spring, we will manage to buy an SLR digital camera and another pair of binoculars!
Indigo Bunting
Painted Bunting
Blue Grosbeak
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Scarlet Tanager
Summer Tanager
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Swainson's Thrush
Swallow-tailed Kite (it swooped down only a few feet in front of our car and about 20 feet up and put on a show -right in the middle of town)
Cooper's Hawk
Magnificent Frigatebird
Osprey
Cedar Waxwings (hundreds!)
Piliated Woodpecker
Gray Catbird
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Tufted Titmouse
Ovenbird
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
American Redstart
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow-throated Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Black & White Warbler
Northern Parula
By next Spring, we will manage to buy an SLR digital camera and another pair of binoculars!