a respectable showing

The weather transitions this morning were unusual with fleecy clouds high up coming from the southwest but puffy high clouds moving in from the north and then a wind shift to the east. A number of migrants came in starting yesterday with a Black-throated Blue Warbler and a flock of American Redstarts - literally six birds in a tree seen by Lorna. There were also Redstarts this morning along with a juvenile Blackburnian Warbler, a Northern Waterthrush plus one or two Red-eyed Vireos. That's not exactly a 'wave' but, along with the White-breasted Nuthatches, House and Goldfinches, it made a respectable showing. On the creek, Green Herons and Belted Kingfisher are still hanging around and at least two of our resident birds -- Carolina Wren and Northern Cardinal -- are still feeding fledglings, mostly likely the third brood for each of them.

Eric Salzman