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Dozen warbler dayToday was another double-digit warbler day. Pride of place has to go to the Tennessee Warbler in my backyard - my first yard Vermivora and 15th warbler species in the yard for the year! Another surprise was this obliging Cape May Warbler - the first of the fall for me and the only one I've heard about in the Athens area.  It showed up with a movement of birds that included 2 Magnolias, a chestnut-sided Chestnut sided, an immature Pine Warbler that I tried to turn into at least 3 other species and 3 Black-throated Green Warblers.  I couldn't ignore the male Bluebird that flew in next to the Cape May.  A cracked dinner plate is now doubling as a birdbath. This male Cardinal is the first bird I've seen take the plunge.   The morning's birding at Sandy Creek was just as fun. A flock of blackbirds I sped past on my bike deserve to be re-checked, as the Rusties should be arriving at any moment. A Parula and a 'chestnut-sided' Bay-breasted were a good omen as we started Cook's Trail. It was an excellent day for vireos, with 2 more Philadelphias among the 4 species recorded. Thrushes are still around in good numbers - I managed a 'grab shot' of a Wood Thrush near the Oxbow Lake.  Nice to look down on a Chestnut-sided Warbler for once, and admire its golden-green back. Less nice to be eaten alive by mosquitoes while doing so...  We rounded off the morning with what may be our last looks of the year at a stunning male Hooded Warbler. 
7:53 PM - Sunday, October 11, 2009 - post comment
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