(Mostly) Birding By Ear - 16 May 2024
Sunny skies and 57F prompted a morning walk at Elizabeth Park in Trenton, MI. Arriving at 8:30 am I headed for the trails along the interior island of trees.
Birds were singing this morning with the sounds of Red-bellied Woodpecker, Great-crested Flycatcher, Eastern Wood-Pewee, and Carolina Wren. Though I tried I couldn't see any of the songsters.
I looped around counter-clockwise at the middle trail and headed to the NE corner of the patch and spotted the female Blue Grosbeak found by Bobby Irwin a few days ago. The bird was high in a snag, overall brown with strong wingbars and conical whitish bill.
My second pass through the middle trail brought the first singing warblers: Tennessee Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, Cape May Warbler and American Redstart. Only the Magnolia Warbler appeared briefly at binocular distance. I would chase a pair of loud Tennessee Warblers but never get any looks at them. I had to settle for opportunistic photos of other birds:
American Robin,
Elizabeth Park (Trenton), Wayne, Michigan, US
May 16, 2024 8:37 AM - 9:48 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.787 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Sunny 60F
34 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 4
swan sp. (Cygnus sp.) 1
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) 1
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 1
Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) 1
Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) 2
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens) 1
Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) 1
Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) 2
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 1
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 1
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) 2
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 2
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) 1
House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) 1
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) 1
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 6
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 2
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 14
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) 5
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) 1
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) 5
Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) 1
Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) 2
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) 1
Cape May Warbler (Setophaga tigrina) 1
Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) 1
Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia) 1
Blackpoll Warbler (Setophaga striata) 1
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) 2
Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea) 1 Female, overall brown w wingbars and thick whitish conical bill. Continues.
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