Good Migrations at Ewing Park in McLean County

This morning I went to Ewing Park before work to check for early migrants. Hedge Apple Woods was pretty empty, but I did hear the young Cooper's Hawk's calling in the trees along the stream. I followed the call to the football field and got a pretty good look at this bird.



I continued to walk along the stream until I spotted an adult male American Redstart, but that was all I saw until I headed back to the swale. In the wall of trees close to the softball fields, I observed a few minutes of good activity. The first bird I was able to identify was a Great Crested Flycatcher.



There were also six or seven Warblers including Chestnut-sided, Blackburnian, American Redstart, and Northern Parula, and Black-throated Green. They were feeding and moving so quickly, I was not able to identify all of them. The excitement ended to quickly. Before 9:00 a.m. it was getting hot. These birds disappeared and I did not see any more Warblers though I searched diligently.





However, I did enjoy this Black Swallowtail in the over grown swale.







A Gray Catbird and an abundance of House Wrens offered great looks.





I could not believe how many Hummingbirds there were in the park. Most of them were female, but I did get a couple of shots of this male.





I've included a complete list below.

Ewing Park (Bloomington), McLean, US-IL
Aug 22, 2011 8:05 AM - 10:00 AM
Protocol: Area
4.0 ac
14 species

Cooper's Hawk 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 7
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
American Crow 5
Black-capped Chickadee 9
House Wren 9
American Robin 1
Gray Catbird 6
American Redstart 2
Northern Parula 1
Blackburnian Warbler 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Black-throated Green 1
Northern Cardinal 8
American Goldfinch 6

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://ebird.org)