5/18 Florida Lake, Freeport

[Jessica Costa]

A coworker and I birded from 6-8 am at Florida Lake yesterday, 58 species with a flurry of warbler activity around 6:30 am. Canada, blackpoll, Cape May, and Wilson's warblers were among the highlights.

house wren

black-capped chickadee

yellow-rumped warbler

American robin

veery

hermit thrush

red-winged blackbird

yellow warbler

common yellowthroat

belted kingfisher

American crow

northern parula

black-throated green warbler

gray catbird

northern cardinal

ovenbird

song sparrow

swamp sparrow

white-throated sparrow

ring-billed gull

hairy woodpecker

tree swallow

mourning dove

Canada goose

WILSON'S WARBLER

blue jay

barn swallow

eastern phoebe

northern rough-winged swallow

double crested cormorant

hooded merganser

brown creeper

Cooper's hawk

northern waterthrush

magnolia warbler

CANADA WARBLER

rose-breasted grosbeak

blue-headed vireo

black-and-white warbler

black-throated blue warbler

least flycatcher

chestnut-sided warbler

American redstart

broad-winged hawk

blackburnian warbler

BLACKPOLL WARBLER

RED-EYED VIREO

eastern kingbird

ruby-throated hummingbird

CAPE MAY WARBLER

spotted sandpiper

solitary sandpiper (group flew overhead)

pine warbler

orchard oriole

white-breasted nuthatch

ovenbird

ruby-crowned kinglet

Nashville warbler