Biggest Week - McGee Marsh
Published: May 15, 2015
Tags: Life List Happenings, Black-necked Stilt, Prothonotary Warbler, Worm-eating Warbler, Mourning Warbler, American Redstart, Canada Warbler, Blackburnian Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler, Bay-breasted Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Orange-crowned Warbler, Gray-cheeked Thrush, Eastern Screech-owl, Common Nighthawk
I had a fabulous four days with two GREAT and fun friends at McGee Marsh this past week! Karen Vizzi, having been to the big event a few times before, was our capable guide. She showed Karen Lewis and I a fantastic time and we saw an amazing assortment of birds together.
I think one of our best experiences was watching the American Woodcocks display in the backyard of our cabin one evening - and almost getting buzzed by a Common Nighthawk!
Warblers were everywhere: from the beautiful and elegant Prothonotary to the rather plain but elusive Orange-crowned. A normally secretive Mourning Warbler gave some fantastic views one day - and was a life bird for Karen Lewis. We even found a rare Worm-eating Warbler and had the fun of giving the information to some other birders and then seeing it get texted out to their alert system - cool!
I got a life bird at the last hour of our last day: a Black-necked Stilt! We had to scope this guy as it was far out on a mudflat - but the scoped views of this long, pink legged bird were awesome!
What a great time, great birds, and great company! Euchre will never be the same!
 Prothonotary Warbler  Prothonotary Warbler  Bay-breasted Warbler  Bay-breasted Warbler  Black-throated Blue Warbler  Orange-crowned Warbler  Blackburnian Warbler  Blackburnian Warbler  Blackpoll Warbler  American Redstart  Mourning Warbler  Mourning Warbler  Worm-eating Warbler  Worm-eating Warbler  Canada Warbler  Eastern Kingbird  Baltimore Oriole  Gray-cheeked Thrush  Eastern Screech-owl  Common Nighthawk  Indigo Bunting  Indigo Bunting  Poor digiscoped shot of the Black-necked Stilt  Black-necked Stilt  The Karens
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