I have had my first Least Flycatchers in Leesburg area this year. I was
really surprised to hear them but I easily recognized them as they are here
in WV. I got to WV a couple of days ago but was still hearing lots of
migrant warblers in Leesburg the day I left.
On Sunday, May 17, 2015, Mary Ann Good <magood1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The next best thing to a lifer is a new yard bird, after 28 years.
Yesterday morning I had TWO by 7 AM!!!! I got up early thinking I'd take a
long walk through my back 40, but then decided I'd plant some stuff that's
been waiting. I heard an unfamiliar song off the deck, and what popped up
but a WILSON'S WARBLER! While tracking it I heard what I was sure was a
LEAST FLYCATCHER, then saw it overhead, with a huge moth in its mouth!
Sometimes it pays to let the birds come to you!
Also in my backyard this past week have been a singing VEERY (don't know
that I've ever heard one singing outside of the mountains and the North)
and a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH--this seems to be a regular stop on his
migration north, as I've had one in my backyard a few other times.
Finally, I've been lax in following the listserv this spring, but has
anyone else noticed the plethora of Prairie Warblers this spring? From the
first arrival, it seemed I heard them everywhere I went, and at Banshee
Reeks Nature Preserve in Leesburg last weekend, we had easily 14, when
usually we struggle to get 1 or 2.
Mary Ann Good
Lincoln, near Purcellville, western Loudoun Co.
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