Some Spring Birds
Published: April 30, 2020
Tags: Migration, pine warbler, yellow-rumped warbler, cooper's hawk, field sparrow, rusty blackbird, glaucous gull, caspian tern, forster's tern, eastern towhee, broad-winged hawk, wilson's snipe, northern waterthrush
Here are a few of the end of April migrants I've seen the past couple of weeks.
My best sighting was a group of three Forster's Terns. They're on the rare side for our area, so that was a fun find.
I didn't think I'd get a chance to see a Glaucous Gull until winter again, so finding one in the same athletic field I found the Lesser Black-backed Gull in a couple of weeks ago was another fun find.
Everything else were expected birds, but always great to see, nonetheless!
Female Pine Warbler at home
A gorgeous Yellow-rumped Warbler. I take them for granted by the end of the year - but they dazzle me first-off in spring!
A Cooper's Hawk on her nest - a nice breeding record
Field Sparrow all cute with its pink "lips" and white eye ring!
Another Rusty Blackbird - this time at Beaver Island SP
Glaucous Gull out in a grassy field
My first of year (FOY) Spotted Sandpiper
Caspian Terns arguing over a fish
One of three Forster's Terns seen at Sturgeon Point
A handsome White-throated Sparrow
I just love Brown Thrashers!
A pair of Solitary Sandpipers
A pretty Savannah Sparrow singing in a field
A close flyby by an Osprey
My FOY Eastern Towhee
A nicely perched Broad-winged Hawk
Quite the pose by this Wilson's Snipe!
A beautiful Northern Waterthrush at Beaver Island SP