There always seems to be a day, early in May, when everything shows up at once. Last year it was the tenth; this year it was the eighth. I went out into the yard in the morning, and the trees were filled with warblers -- six different kinds of them. Chestnut-sided warbler, shown above, was one I had never seen before, but it was unusually obliging about having its picture taken. I also saw magnolia, black-throated green, yellow-rumped, northern parula, and ovenbird.
The usual pattern is for the warblers to thin out after the first initial surge, and indeed I didn't see a one today. But I ought to see one or two a day for much of the rest of May. I certainly expect to see black-and-white, yellow, blackpoll, black-throated blue, and maybe a few others. I do like to get at least one new one every year, though I know within a few years, I'll be bumping up against the limit of what is plausible.
Chimney swifts are also back, as is the catbird, which showed up a few days earlier. I'm always happy to have them around.
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