Birds have definitely picked up here since Monday when it was cool - the birds know it's May Day! Highlights:

 

Mon 4/28   Total for day - 22

 

Barred Owl

Tennessee Warbler

Nashville Warbler

N. Waterthrush - feeding heavily on worms and slugs in the swamp

Yellow-rumped Warbler - at the pond #29

Hairy WP 

Swainson's Thrush

Gray Catbird

Pine Siskins - 2 

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

ETS - pond #30

 

Tues 4/29  Total - 34

 

N. Waterthrush - pond #31

Tennessee W. - pond #32

E. Phoebe

Swainson's Thrush

Pine Siskins - 3

E. Towhee

Rose-breasted Grosbeak- female

Nashville W.

Yellow-rumped W.

Blackpoll W.

Red-breasted Nuthatch

FOY Wood Thrush

FOY Blackburnian W.

FOY Lincoln's Sparrow

FOY Am. Redstart

 

Wed 4/30 Total - 37

 

FOY Chestnut-sided W.

Warbling Vireo

White-eyed Vireo

N. Parula

E. Towhee

Great  Crested Flycatcher

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Magnolia W. - heard only

Blackburnian W.

Nashville W.

Lincoln's Sparrow

Blackpoll W.

Scarlet Tanager - gorgeous male, at the pond for bird #33 there

Pine Siskins - 2

Wood Thrush

N. Waterthrush

 

Thurs 5/1  Total - 43 (as of 5:30 pm)

 

Many of the same birds, but Waterthrush, Wood Thrush and Blackburnian gone.

 

Yellow-throated Vireo

FOY Blue-winged W

Tenn W

Nashville W

FOY Blue-headed Vireo

Am. Redstart- several

Blackpoll W

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Ruby-cr Kinglet

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

FOY Yellow W - got some photos

FOY Golden-winged W

FOY Red-eyed Vireo

FOY Chipping Sparrow (here)

E. Towhee

Pine Siskin - 1

Ruby Throated Hummingbird

N. Parula- excellent looks, singing a lot while feeding

Least Flycatcher- heard only

 

 

Margy Terpstra
Kirkwood, St. Louis County, MO
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