April 19, 2008 [LINK / comment]
More spring arrivals
As it has been getting warmer and warmer over the past few days, I've seen a few birds for the first time this season, but still no vireos and no warblers other than the Yellow-rumped ones. On Thursday morning and late this afternoon I walked along the trail behind the Staunton-Augusta Rescue Squad:
- Purple finches (M, F)
- Goldfinches (M, F)
- Catbirds (FOS)
- Towhees (M)
- Ruby-crowned kinglet
- Blue-gray gnatcatchers (FOS)
- Swamp sparrow
- Yellow-rumped warblers (M)
- Killdeer (high)
Friday evening I saw the first Chimney swifts of spring, and early this afternoon I went to Montgomery Hall Park:
- White-breasted nuthatches
- Hairy woodpeckers (M, F)
- Downy woodpeckers (M, F)
- Towhees (M)
- Red-bellied woodpeckers (M, F)
- Brown thrasher (FOS)
- Flicker
The Purple finches seem to be almost everywhere, including right outside our window (see below):
