A Good Morning for Migrants - 08 May 2026
Apparently radar blew up last night with over 500,000,000 birds recorded migrating through the Midwest and Great Lakes Region. I was happy since I'd be birding local patches this morning. Skies were clear and the temperature was hovering around 42ºF. Since we were both up early I got out of the house at 6:30 am and headed to Elizabeth Park to look for a Prairie Warbler that was reported yesterday. Luckily, Bobby Irwin found it about 5 minutes before I arrived so I had time to look for it along the south end of the park. Light was still low at 7 am but the Sony a1 II handled this American Robin quite nicely in the shade; it had a beak full of worms. A Northern Cardinal was posing in the early morning light, as well, so I obliged. Black-throated Green Warblers and Nashville Warblers were singing from high in the canopy as I walked the trails so there was nothing to chase with the camera. It was only after I reached the east side of the woodlot that a Peacock showed himself and al...