I decided to take advantage of our decent weather on Sunday and drove over to Fish Park for a little birding. Right off the bat I spotted a yellow bird up in the trees and tracked it down until I could get a good long look. It was a Wilson's Warbler! A first for me as well as a first for my Fish Park list. I continued to make my usual loop through the park and found the Orange-crowned Warbler again in the woods along the back. I was feeling pretty good about the day when I saw a couple birds just off the trail the runs along Dogfish Creek. A quick look through my binoculars showed that they were the Yellow-rumped Warblers that have been hanging around for a while. Just a couple weeks ago I was complaining about how little experience I had with warblers. Now, all within one hour, I had seen three! What a great way to spend a morning.
Location: Fish Park Observation date: 5/4/08 Number of species: 18
Canada Goose Mallard gull sp. Steller's Jay American Crow Barn Swallow swallow sp. Black-capped Chickadee Bushtit American Robin Orange-crowned Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) Wilson's Warbler Song Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Red-winged Blackbird Pine Siskin American Goldfinch
