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52 species on a bird walk today I am REELING people trying to leave after the bird walk officially ended kept looping back because something else was spotted, I've never had a day like this. And it's fall!

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From:

sideways

HELL yeah! What were the best sightings?

From:

silverflight8

:D my favourites are the warblers, we saw a ton. The Prothonotory was both very rare for here and also extremely obliging - hung around for a long time and stayed low, foraging, and everyone was so so excited. It was in full breeding plumage too, so extremely bright lemon yellow. Several yellowthroats, Nashville warblers, northern parula, a prairie warbler (also quite rare for here), some out of breeding plumage chestnut-sided and blackpoll warblers. There was also a scarlet tanager, though not in its bright red plumage, it was yellow (so either female or immature male), but exciting because they tend to be high in the canopy and so despite their singing and striking plumage, often hard to see.

I also have a strong fondness for thrushes and was so happy to see a couple Swainson's Thrushes, as well as red-breasted nuthatch (as well as white-breasted nuthatches, which are much more common).

From:

superbadgirl

So jealous. I really gotta get off my duff and seek out some bird trails around here. There have to be some. Though I did see a very large squad of white pelicans (with a few brown tossed in) yesterday - they used to NEVER be seen around here. I'm not sure what climate change problem is causing the uptick, but I'm sure it's something. I mean, they are cool to see, but :(

From:

silverflight8

You should definitely go! It's always fun to see what can be seen. I like ebird's hotspots map for finding places to go, it is public requires zero investment/connections in the birding community to see a ton of data about what is birdy: https://ebird.org/hotspots

I have never seen a pelican and would like to!

Ranges are definitely changing. I prefer it over extinction, but it is worrying how much change can already be seen.