Mead Gardens, 5/5/2012

Prairie Warbler

A fellow birder reported seeing a Blackpoll Warbler at Mead Gardens this morning. I was unable to do any birding this morning, but when I read that I decided to visit in the afternoon. I spent almost two hours there, and I had a pretty good time.  I saw five warbler species there, the most I've seen anywhere in the last couple weeks. I saw a Common Yellowthroat, Northern Parula, Prairie Warbler, Amerian Redstart and a Magnolia Warbler. I also saw a male Blue Grosbeak.  Unfortunately, I didn't get presentable photos of the Blue Grosbeak or the Magnolia Warbler.

Longwing Skipper

Carolina Wren

Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher

Here's a list of species I saw this evening:

Wood Duck 2
Anhinga 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 1
White Ibis 3
Black Vulture X
Turkey Vulture X
Osprey 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Mourning Dove 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 2
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 8
Blue Jay 1
Fish Crow X
Carolina Wren 7
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 5
European Starling 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
American Redstart 1
Northern Parula 2
Magnolia Warbler 1
Prairie Warbler 2
Northern Cardinal 15
Blue Grosbeak 1
Red-winged Blackbird 1
Common Grackle 2