Warblers at Elizabeth Park - 28 Aug 2023

Warbler activity at Elizabeth Park's center island continues to be productive. Numbers appear to be increasing, as well as variety. This morning I saw my first Northern Parula high up in the canopy beofre this pair of Red-eyed Vireos appeared at eye-level.

 

Several Chestnut-sided Warblers were seen, but it took a while for them to come down low enough to photograph.

Eastern Wood Pewee.

Blackburnian Warblers continue in good numbers.

Toughest bird of the morning to photograph were these American Redstarts. They are frenetic even for warbler standards!

I always seem to gravitate toward the Chestnut-sided Warblers. They may be more attractive in the fall than they are in the spring.

Magnolia Warbler.

Eastern Wood Pewee.

Tennessee and Bay-breasted Warblers continue in good numbers.

A Great-crested Flycatcher teed up atop the tallest tree on the trail. This was a long-distance shot w/ the 600/4 + 1.4TC and crop for an EFL ~ 1260 mm.

It was nice to run into Diane Kovach. We chatted while walking the trails and finding more gems at eye-level. Another American Redstart and Blackburnian Warbler.

Pam was hoping for a Canada Warbler and one obliged. Momentarily...

Least Flycatcher.

Low-flying Nashville Warbler had me hoping for a Connecticut Warbler. No dice.

More Chestnut-sided Warblers.

Another brief Canada Warbler sighting. 

Magnolia? 

Elizabeth Park (Trenton), Wayne, Michigan, US
Aug 28, 2023 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:     Center island woods near maintenance yard
40 species

Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica)  2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)  2
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)  6
Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)  1
Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum)  2
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)  18     streaming to the west at high altitude
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)  1
Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens)  1
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)  1
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris)  1
Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus)  1
Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)  2
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)  1
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)  2
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)  1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis)  2
Purple Martin (Progne subis)  2
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)  2
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)  2
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)  2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)  1
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)  1
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)  1
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)  1
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)  12
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)  1
Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina)  3
Nashville Warbler (Leiothlypis ruficapilla)  2
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)  3
Northern Parula (Setophaga americana)  1
Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia)  3
Bay-breasted Warbler (Setophaga castanea)  6
Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca)  3
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica)  3
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens)  2
Canada Warbler (Cardellina canadensis)  2
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)  1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)  1

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