Nothing New, But More of Everything

On today's birdwalk, we started out with a few phoebes, a Northern Rough-Winged Swallow, a Hermit Thrush, a Ruby-Crowned Kinglet, and 2 Palm Warblers at the Turtle Pond dock. We then went to the Polish statue on the other side of Turtle Pond, after hearing reports of a flock of about 7 Pine Warblers there. We could already see quite a few birders there from where we were. When we got there, there were at least 9 Pine Warblers flycatching really close to us, along with a Palm Warbler. After that, when we went to the Ramble, we found 2 Swamp Sparrows, scattered Chipping Sparrows, more Ruby-Crowned Kinglets, a Golden-Crowned Kinglet, as well as several Yellow-Bellied Sapsuckers. a few Brown Creepers, and an Eastern Towhee before going to lunch. By the way, we revisited the warblers again on the walk. After lunch I saw mostly the same stuff and went to revisit the warbler flock yet again. This time, large groups of visitors and sunbathers were everywhere. Somehow, the warblers still kept their cool and about all of them were still in the same area. The Palm Warbler was very aggressive toward the House Sparrows, even though they are considerably larger than it. I also spotted 2 Red-Tailed Hawks and a flyover Northern Rough-Winged Swallow. Afterwards I ran into two other birders and decided to chase the continuing Common Loon  at the Reservoir(yes, its still here) with them. After a brief Ruby-Crowned Kinglet and a pair of Swamp Sparrows in some shrubs, we were off. It took a lot of walking, but eventually we reached the northern pumphouse and saw the loon. What  a way to end a day!

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#72: Northern Rough-Winged Swallow