Great morning at Meadowside: Although warbler activity was not that great, I bagged a tally of 61 species in the end - not too shabby! And I guess I missed a few species especially warblers because many songs were heard, but to get visual confirmation seemed impossible at times. Quite frustrating and I thought I could hear them call Bazinga, Bazinga. The highlights of the morning were 9 species of warblers, Blackburnian and Hooded (heard only) the best among them. This was the best day I ever had in terms of Orioles, both Orchards and Baltimores were around, at one point even side by side in the same tree. Altogether 2 Warbling Vireos were had, one by the Nature Center, the other one along the road by Lake Needwood. At Lake Frank I ran into another birder who kindly pointed out 2 Blue-winged Teals - Nice and Thanks! Another great bird was found at the Lake Frank entrance off Timothy road: a Swainson's Thrush was giving great fews.
So in summary, we added to the patch list: Blue-winged Teal, Green Heron, Killdeer, Barred Owl, Chimney Swift, Eastern Wood Pee-wee, Acadian Flycatcher, Warbling Vireo, Red-eyed Vireo, Swainson's Thrus, Hooded Warbler, American Redstart, Blackburnian Warbler, Scarlet Tanage, Indigo Bunting, Orchard Oriole, Baltimore Oriole - total tally 109, year patch list @ 98.
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