Warblers Starting to Pick Up at Elizabeth Park - 14 May 2026
As I walked the trails at Elizabeth Park this morning skies were clear but winds were a bit breezy and temperature hovered around 50ºF. Warbler activity was again a bit slow, but starting to pick up. A Least Flycatcher announced its presence with loud "Che-BEK" calls, and I managed to find it high above me and back off the trail. He's a happy little guy! Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, American Robins and Wood Thrush were singing loud, so it was difficult to pick up the faint calls of Nashville Warbler, American Redstart and Black-throated Green Warblers . After trying unsuccessfully to photograph a Veery and a pair of Swainson's Thrush at the north end of the woodlot I spotted a Ruby-throated Hummingbird feeding on fresh-bloomed Honeysuckle. The Sony a1 MK II did a wonderful job of tracking it as it hovered and dove for blossoms. I'd walk the perimeter of the woodlot looking for warblers but had to settle for heard-only Northern Parula and Black-and-White Warbl...
