Week 10, prime time...

Some random images from the past week:

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker drumming on a stop sign, Vischer Ferry NHP (click to enlarge)

 Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Vischer Ferry NHP (click to enlarge)

 Baltimore Oriole, Vischer Ferry NHP (click to enlarge)

  

 Grasshopper Sparrow, Saratoga County Airport (click to enlarge)

 Savannah Sparrow, Saratoga County Airport (click to enlarge)

 male Orchard Oriole, Normanskill Farm, Albany (click to enlarge)

 Community Gardens at Normanskill Farm (click to enlarge)

 Whipple bridge at Normanskill Farm (click to enlarge)

 

 Prairie Warbler, Albany Pine Bush-Great Dune section (click to enlarge)

 giant Sycamore tree at Peebles Island State Park (click to enlarge)

 giant Sycamore tree at Peebles Island State Park (click to enlarge)

 

 branch of Mohawk River, southwest of Peebles Island (click to enlarge)

falls/rapids at Peebles Island (click to enlarge)

What's Next:

May 3rd- 9th

Many Warblers will be moving in and through this week, new arrivals should include:

• Magnolia 
• Canada
• Hooded
• Golden-winged (rare)
• Cape May
• Wilson's

Woodland birds such as Scarlet Tanager, Veery, Swainson's Thrush (transient migrant), Red-eyed Vireo, and Least Flycatcher will show up this week as well.

Both Yellow-billed Cuckoo, and later Black-billed Cuckoo, can be expected during this period. Their numbers fluctuate significantly from year to year, from fairly common and easy to detect, in the proper habitat, to uncommon and hard to locate.

Orchard Oriole will arrive in scattered locales, Lincoln's Sparrow will pass through (check those Song Sparrows twice these next few weeks), and the handsome Indigo Bunting should show at the end of the period in brushy, edge habitat near fields and power line cuts.

Least Bittern can be expected in the few cattail marshes where it has maintained a foothold in our area.



Capital Region Bird-Finding Calendar is here


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