Last of the Fall Warblers V

White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys

White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys

White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys

Lincoln’s Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii

Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura attended by American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos

Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe

Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis

Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata

Northern Parula Setophaga americana

Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens

Canada Goose Branta canadensis

  More promising nocturnal radar images led to more battered legs and feet yesterday (five hours west to east). When compared with the previous day, there were notable increases in the numbers of Golden and Ruby-crowned kinglets, Swainson's Thrushes, Chipping Sparrows, White-throated Sparrows, and Dark-eyed Juncos. As before, the best warbler action was in the woods near the fence in the S and T sectors on the northern edge of the NDN Cemetery.

Mount-Royal Cemetery, (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery), September 29, 2017
Canada Goose-heard overhead most of the day, not well counted, plus one grounded individual
Turkey Vulture-(1 mobbed by crows)
Cooper’s Hawk-1
Merlin-1
Peregrine Falcon-1
Ring-billed Gull-(1)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker-(1 mixed in with the warbler wave)
Downy Woodpecker-3 (2)
Hairy Woodpecker-2
Northern Flicker-5 (2)
Pileated Woodpecker-(1)
Eastern Phoebe-1 (1)
Blue-headed Vireo-1 (1)
Blue Jay-2
American Crow-25+ (3)
Common Raven-2
Black-capped Chickadee-12+ (10)
White-breasted Nuthatch-2 (2)
Red-breasted Nuthatch-4
Winter Wren-2
Golden-crowned Kinglet-10+ (12+)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet-10+ (8+)
Eastern Bluebird-3 (2)
Swainson’s Thrush-12+ (7+)
Hermit Thrush-(1)
Grey Catbird-1 still on Pine Hill Side
Cedar Waxwing-(5)
Tennessee Warbler-2 (2)
Orange-crowned Warbler-(2 showing well)
Northern Parula-(1)
Magnolia Warbler-(1)
Black-throated Blue Warbler-(1 female again in woods in the northeast of NDN)
Black-throated Green Warbler-(1)
Yellow-rumped Warbler-8+ mostly in sectors L1 through L5
Northern Cardinal-2 (2)
Chipping Sparrow-60+ (55+ clouds of them in the morning)
Song Sparrow-2 (1)
Lincoln’s Sparrow-(1)
White-crowned Sparrow-3
White-throated Sparrow-90+ a few in every bush, with some heavy concentrations in forest edges, (40+)
Dark-eyed Junco-60+ large groups throughout, especially in A4/Oak Ridge, (80+ loads along the western edge of NDN)
American Goldfinch-(1 heard)
House Finch-1 singing in a yard near the north entrance of MRC