LaBagh Woods in Chicago Sunday 5-4-25

[Al Stokie]

Hello Bird People,

Noticed that Jeff B & Kelly B had about 80 species at LaBagh on
Saturday & although I am not as good a birder as they are I still
thought I'd like to check out the place on Sunday. Did ok with 57
species & 18 species of warblers & I know of at least 3 more warbler
species that others saw so at least 21 warbler species were seen. And
I had excellent looks at a male Black Throated Blue & had my best
looks ever at the continuing Louisiana Waterthrush along the stream
banks.

LaBagh Woods (6:45-10:45 a.m.)

Great Blue Heron (1)
Great Egret (1 fly-by)
Black Crowned Night Heron (1)
Canada Goose (6-8)
Wood Duck (2)
Mallard (4)
Mourning Dove (2)
Red Headed Woodpecker (1 seen & 1 heard only)
Red Bellied Woodpecker (4)
Downy Woodpecker (1)
Hairy Woodpecker (1-M)
Flicker (4)
Least Flycatcher (1) (FOY)
Eastern Phoebe (1)
Great Crested Flycatcher (1)
Rough Winged Swallow (5)
Blue Jay (4)
Crow (H-1)
Chickadee (2)
W.B. Nuthatch (2)
House Wren (4)
Ruby Crowned Kinglet (4)
B.G. Gnatcatcher (6)
Robin (~20)
Catbird (1)
Starling (3)
BLUE HEADED VIREO (1)
Warbling Vireo (1)
BLUE WINGED WARBLER (1)
GOLDEN WINGED WARBLER (1-M)
Nashville Warbler (3)
Tennessee Warbler (1)
Orange Crowned Warbler (1)
PARULA (1-M)
Chestnut Sided Warbler (2)
Magnolia Warbler (1-M)
Black & White Warbler (5-6)
BLACK THROATED BLUE WARBLER (1-M) (FOY)
Palm Warbler (8-10)
PINE WARBLER (2)
Yellow Rumped Myrtle Warbler (~20)
Black Throated Green Warbler (2-M)
Ovenbird (1)
LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH (1, continuing)
Northern Waterthrush (2-3)
Common Yellowthroat (1)
Cardinal (3)
Rose Breasted Grosbeak (1-M) (FOY)
Indigo Bunting (1)
Lincoln's Sparrow (1)
White Crowned Sparrow (4-5)
White Throated Sparrow (6)
Red Wings (4)
Grackles (3)
Cowbirds (3)
Baltimore Oriole (1)
House Sparrow (2)
(Other warblers seen today by other birders were Cape May, Hooded &
Prothonotary)

So as mentioned above I had 57 species & BIrd-Of-The-Day will be the
closely viewed Louisiana Waterthrush & Runner-Up to the Black Throated
Blue Warbler which wasn't seen nearly as well as the La Waterthrush. I
was also somewhat surprised to see the adult Black Crowned Night Heron
here today.

Al Stokie
Local at LaBagh Woods in Chicago