Ground-level Warblers - 30 Aug 2023

Overnight storms brought a mini cold front this morning. Skies were cloudy and it was a cool 60F with a light breeze. I hoped that this weather might bring the warblers down to ground level, and I was right.

Birds were concentrated but scattered, so I needed to walk a lot of trails to find them. But, once I did find them their numbers were massive! 

Red-eyed Vireos continue to show well.

Chestnut-sided Warblers continue in good numbers.

A cooperative Black-throated Green Warbler. Finally.

Eastern Wood Pewee continue to vocalize and appear in the clearings.

An American Redstart that actually stopped long enough for a quick pic.

My first Blackpoll Warbler of the fall. Note the orange feet and more pronounced streaked back.

Compare with Bay-breasted Warbler w/ its black feet and less-pronounced streaked back.

Black and White Warbler.

Tennessee Warblers also continue in good numbers.

American Goldfinch doing its late summer feasting on thistle.

Just below a ground-feeding Bay-breasted Warbler was flashing its peachy sides and showed well against the dark understory.

I would see a Wilson's Warbler and several Black-throated Blue Warblers but they did not lend themselves to photographing. I'll try again tomorrow...

Elizabeth Park (Trenton), Wayne, Michigan, US
Aug 30, 2023 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.5 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:     Cool, breezy, birds feeding low
28 species

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)  22
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)  2
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)  2
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)  2
Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus)  1
Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens)  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)  1
Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus)  1
Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)  2
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)  6
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)  12
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)  1
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)  1
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)  3
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)  2
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)  2
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)  1
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)  2
Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina)  4
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)  3
Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia)  2
Bay-breasted Warbler (Setophaga castanea)  6
Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca)  3
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica)  6
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens)  1
Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens)  2
Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla)  1
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S148476190

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