Abbotsford migrants - April 28, 2020

[Randy]

Yesterday I did my usual walk around my place and I would have to say I was very pleasantly surprised! A handful of FOYs for me and a number of other migrants hanging around.

I still have some waterfowl around, including wood ducks, GW teal, mallards, and a female bufflehead. The ring-necked ducks seem to have moved on. I had a flyover of 3 common mergansers as well, which is not one I commonly come across at my place.

Some FOYs included:

Vaux swift
Hammond's flycatcher
Lincoln's sparrow
Wilson's warbler

Here's the Lincoln's sparrow that was hiding in some dense covering of course:



I also had at least 20 yellow-rumped warblers and 3 orange-crowned warblers. The OC warblers did not cooperate for any photos but I did manage a distant one of a somewhat out of focus YR warbler with a crane fly:



I had a YR warbler visit my water feature at dinner time the other day too, which was a nice surprise:



Overall I had 38 species, which is a very high count for me. I added 3 additional species later in the day as well (rufous hummingbird, Steller's jay, and EC dove).

Here's my list:

Canada Goose 4
Wood Duck 1
Mallard 35
Green-winged Teal 2
Bufflehead 1
Common Merganser 3
Vaux's Swift 1
Anna's Hummingbird 1
Glaucous-winged Gull 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Hammond's Flycatcher 1
Northwestern Crow 2
Common Raven 1
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 1
Violet-green Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 1
Bushtit 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 6
Brown Creeper 1
Bewick's Wren 1
European Starling 4
American Robin 6
House Finch 2
Pine Siskin 6
American Goldfinch 2
Dark-eyed Junco 4
White-crowned Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 6
Lincoln's Sparrow 1
Spotted Towhee 4
Orange-crowned Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 20
Wilson's Warbler 3

[denisknopp]

Very nice list especially for April.
Denis