Songbirds and signs of spring

Many birds today, counted 41 species in an hour. Just regular birds, a few sparrows. Aside from song sparrows a few fox sparrows.

Meadowlarks singing.

Where I expected maybe pipits, a Savannah sparrow.

Wood duck pair at Holmes lake.

Soon a whole lot more songbirds and shorebirds show up. Had Baird's and both yellowlegs.

Migration seems to be in full swing. On Apr 14th there was a large fallout of all kinds of migrants. I may be able to catch the tail end of this, as it is quite windy and the stopped migrants may stay an extra day. Other than that, summer residents for the county are coming, such as this Eastern Phoebe.

I always look at the red-winged blackbirds for yellow-headed blackbirds. Among grackles you may find some bird that looks different, such as this one: