Warbler Mania!!

It's been an amazing Warbler day for us! It's an overcast and rainy day, so that was helpful in bringing the warblers in. It was not helpful in getting any good pictures though (due to the distance and the fast moving of the birds, we just couldn't get any good pics with our point and shoot camera).

Anyway, here's our list of warblers for the day:

Magnolia Warbler- sighted at my parents house in town. A male in perfect breeding plummage- our first sighting ever, so a new addition to the life list. There was a second unidentified warlber in the same tree. It flew across the street before we could make a confirmation of the ID. It was very dull in colour.

At home we saw a Yellow Warbler, the Indigo Bunting again (not a warbler, I know, but worth noting), 2 more unidentified warblers (can't they ever slow down?!?), 2-3 Yellow-rumped Warblers, and 2-3 other warblers that may have been the Tennessee, Orange-crowned and Cape May, but we're not 100% positive on those.

We have a confirmed ID of the Chestnut-sided Warbler- also new to our life list and another perfect example of a breeding male. We saw the Black-and-White Warbler (first this year and first ever in the yard). We think there may have been a Black-throated Green as well as a Bay-breasted warbler. And we definitely saw a Blackburnian warbler (adult female), which is another new addition to our life list.

With a similar forecast for tomorrow, we're hoping to have a repeat of the warbler success.

We also had a Pine Siskin in with the dozens and dozens of Gold Finch we have on site right now. There are at least 6 Baltimore Orioles visiting the oranges and jelly feeders as well.

And I should mention that we went to the Milton Farmer's Market and the Chimney Swifts have returned. If you are interested in seeing these birds, go to the downtown area on Main Street and go to Knox Presbyterian Church. The Chimney Swifts are flying above the old buildings there. Very exciting!!