5/7 Blue Grosbeak, Etc. at McLaughlin Woods

[Paul Peterson]

A very small area of oaks on both sides of Parker Hill Ave., near the entrance to Iroquois Woods, was the place to be. A BLUE GROSBEAK, a Yellow-throated Vireo, and fourteen warbler species were in those oaks. The birds were often low due to the heaviness of the air. I birded from 10:50-2:00:

Red-tailed Hawk 1
Peregrine Falcon 1     diving on red-tail
Wild Turkey 1
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Blue-headed Vireo 1+
Veery 1
Swainson's Thrush 1
Cape May 1
Black and White 14
Northern Parula 13
Nashville 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Yellow Warbler 2
Magnolia 2
Common Yellowthroat 2
Chestnut-sided 1
Black-throated Blue 1
Black-throated Green 3
Blackpoll 1
Ovenbird 2
American Redstart 2+
Blue Grosbeak 1          saw rufous wing bars well as bird was high in an oak; flew off