Prospect April 17th ; foy RBGR

From Chris Elliot:

Hi Peter, 

I had a Black-and-white Warbler singing this morning at Ambergill Creek, slightly upstream of the Falls.There was a huge influx of Yellow-rumped Warblers overnight; I counted 74 this morning. There wasn’t much else new, but Chimney Swifts had arrived (6 over Lookout Hill), a Brown Thrasher was in the Midwood, White-throated Sparrows were singing everywhere, an Osprey and two Laughing Gulls flew over Lookout, and Palm warblers continued (15).

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From Eni Falci:

Season's first (or foy)  ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK

Hi Peter-

Had a free day and went to see what was around.

Note worthy my first Rose-breasted Grosbeak spotted in the wooded slope between Vale and rose garden opposite area planted by our club. Must have been a young bird white wing markings were just coming in but had the right beak and distinctive eyeline breast was pale and not streaked so probably was a young male.

6 wood ducks on the upper pools - all pairs.

Also someone should check hawk nest in Nellies Lawn - female sitting high in nest and seemed to be looking into nest at movement - could mean chicks!

Red tailed Hawk - nest

Mallards

wood ducks 3 pairs

Canada Goose (nest on island @ pools)

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

catbird

hermit thrushes

yellow rumped warblers many

palm warblers few 

chipping sparrows

Swamp sparrows 2 vale

white throated sparrow 

Red bellied woodpeckers many calling

flickers

robins

starlings

cardinals

red winged  black birds  more females

2 white breasted nuthatches near boulder bridge
Carolina wren calling in midwood.

tufted titmouse calling behind rose garden

Eni

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From Orrin:

Common yellowthroat (bright male) in the native plant garden, along with a palm warbler, a towhee, many yellow-rumped warblers and a host of hermit thrushes.