Some New Yard Birds - 24 May 2026
Yesterday's rain left everything damp and cool this morning, but the birds were singing at 7:45 am as I was filling the feeders. So I fired up Merlin and immediately got a hit for Mourning Warbler! Wanting to make sure it wasn't a fluke I went inside, grabbed the binoculars and camera, and came back out to walk the Quinlan Prairie out back of Brownton Abbey. Sure enough, Merlin again picked up Mourning Warbler (several would be reported around Wayne Co. this morning) along with a number of other goodies: Red-eyed Vireo, Wood Thrush, Tennessee Warbler and American Redstart . As I stood at the edge of the woodlot I got a visit from Gene Quinlan, owner of the easement under the power lines. We chatted and caught up, and I asked him if he knew who the owner of the woodlot was? It was him! So I asked and graciously got permission to walk the woods / trails of the large woodlot across West Road from the Sibley Prairie Preserve. Birds were singing but were high in the canopy...
