Chirps and Cheeps

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  End of April Birds

Published: April 30, 2019
Tags: General Observations, eastern bluebird, black-throated green warbler, brown creeper, blue-headed vireo, pine siskin, purple finch, gray catbird, osprey

This past week, I saw some great birds and FOYs (First of Year Birds), which is always so much fun.  I'll just add the sightings to the captions in the photos below...

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Eastern Bluebird - this beautiful male was near a female and they were checking out nest boxes at Birdsong in Orchard Park. I hope they make it work!

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There were three adult Black-crowned Night Herons in a tree at Woodlawn - all sitting near one another - very cool!

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Pine Siskins at my feeders

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These Pine Siskins, Purple Finches, and American Goldfinches were all VERY noisy!

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A beautiful male Purple Finch

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My FOY Gray Catbird at Sturgeon Point

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Ruby-crowned Kinglet

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It was nice to see the Purple Martins are back!

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It wasn't very cooperative, but this Palm Warbler was a sight for sore eyes!

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An Osprey looks for fish over Sturgeon Point

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A handsome male Yellow-rumped Warbler perched close to my car at the Hamburg Hawkwatch.

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Brown Creeper

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This gorgeous Black-throated Green Warbler was a FOY at Birdsong

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Another FOY, a Blue-headed Vireo, shows off his cool spectacles!




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