Screaming slightly

[silverflight8]

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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[sideways]

HELL yeah! What were the best sightings?

[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).