big flock

The biggest flock of the season so far was in the pines, cedars and oaks just back of the pond and it was, not surprisingly, dominated by Black-capped Chickadees and Tufted Titmice, doing their amazing acrobatics in search of food. This morning's warblers (many of them mixed in with the flock but some out on their own) included American Redstart, Black-and-white Warbler, Prairie Warbler, Common Yellowthroat and perhaps as many as 10 or a dozen Northern Waterthrushes (the Waterthrushes were spread out along the marsh edge all the way up and down). Also Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, White-breasted Nuthatch, Hairy, Downy and Red-bellied Woodpeckers, House and Carolina Wrens, House Finches, American Goldfinch, a few swallows (mostly Barns).

Eric Salzman