The past week the Gulf Coast brought some great
days but also a few slow days. The week
started with a great day on Monday.
South winds on the Yucatan and north winds along the US Gulf Coast
created great conditions on Sunday night into Monday. Black-and-white Warblers were the most
numerous warbler in coastal woodlands but the weather also brought in good
numbers of Hooded and Worm-eating Warblers as well as our first Blue-winged of
the season. Vireos also came in strong
with many White-eyed, Red-eyed, and Yellow-throateds.
Tuesday also had some nice arrivals such as a good number of Prothonotary and Yellow-throated Warblers. Bad weather for migration for the rest of the week made for a slow few days although Indigo Bunting and Northern Waterthrush arrived during this period. But, the highlight of the week came on Friday even though we didn't catch many birds. As I was walking up to a net, I saw a long-tailed bird and figured it was a mockingbird but as I got closer it was clearly our first Yellow-billed Cuckoo!
Tuesday also had some nice arrivals such as a good number of Prothonotary and Yellow-throated Warblers. Bad weather for migration for the rest of the week made for a slow few days although Indigo Bunting and Northern Waterthrush arrived during this period. But, the highlight of the week came on Friday even though we didn't catch many birds. As I was walking up to a net, I saw a long-tailed bird and figured it was a mockingbird but as I got closer it was clearly our first Yellow-billed Cuckoo!
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| Yellow-billed Cuckoo - An even more striking bird in the hand than in the field! |
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| Black-and-white Warbler - The most common warbler to start the week. |
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| Prothonotary Warbler - We had a couple of days with good numbers of Prothonotary Warblers. |
1 comment:
Lovely birds especially the painted bunting,good birding here in south africa too
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