Today was the best yard day of the year so far probably due to the
weather last night.  I live in an urban neighborhood with a wooded
ravine behind my house that serves inner city migrant trap.   Most of
my time was spent on my roof adjacent to a large Chinkapin Oak which
is a favorite of migrants.  Warbler count will probably increase
throughout the day as birds start to sing more.

5 of the Blackburnians and 6 of the Baltimore Orioles were all in the
oak when I first checked it.  Here is a photo of one of the
Blackburnians:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mangoverde/6989713300/in/photostream

Highlights:

Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus)  2     flyovers, calling
Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica)  18
Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus)  1     (I believe
this is the 1st I have seen in the neighborhood over a span of 14
years)
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)  1
Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens)  2
Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus)  1
Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons)  1
Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)  2
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)  2
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)  2
Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus)  2
Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla)  2
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)  1
Tennessee Warbler (Oreothlypis peregrina)  1
Nashville Warbler (Oreothlypis ruficapilla)  4
Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca)  7
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica)  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)  3
Yellow-throated Warbler (Setophaga dominica)  1
Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens)  12     At least...
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)  3
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)  1
Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius)  1
Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)  20     At least...

Cheers,
Bill Hull
Cincinnati, OH, USA

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