So far this has been a painfully slow migration in the yard–with multiple warbler species being found on only a couple days, and no vireos until today (Red-eyed–no migrants vireos at all). Surprisingly, I’m still missing the following Code 2 migrants that I would have expected by now–
Yellow-throated Vireo, Blue-headed Vireo, Warbling Vireo, Winter Wren, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Gray-cheeked Thrush, Magnolia Warbler, Canada Warbler, and Bobolink.
I’m also missing the following hoped-for Code 3 birds–
Willow Flycatcher, White-eyed Vireo, Nashville Warbler, Blackburnian Warbler, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Grasshopper Sparrow, and Orchard Oriole.
The list of Code 4 birds that have been seen in the county, but not in my yard this year, is very long–mostly waterfowl, shorebirds and owls–but a few neotropical migrants that I’m also hoping to pick up. Here’s hoping for a good nocturnal shorebird migration–and that I’ll even be able to identify some of the more unusual and unfamiliar sounds that I’m occasionally recording!
