As I left the field and started back into the wooded section, I came across a group of warblers that included Northern Parula, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Black-throated Blue and Black-throated Green Warbler, and a Wilson's Warbler! I was lucky to get a few documentation photos of it in the very dark understory.
I didn't hear the Swainson's Warbler that has apparently moved on after being seen on May 2nd. Others that were heard or seen along the trail included two different Yellow-billed Cuckoos, Pileated Woodpecker, Eastern Phoebe, Great Crested Flycatcher, Yellow-throated, Blue-headed, and Red-eyed Vireo, Brown Creeper, Baltimore Oriole, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Indigo Bunting, and other warblers that included Ovenbird, Hooded, Worm-eating, Chestnut-sided, Black-and-white, Black-throated Blue, Black-throated Green, Northern Parula, American Redstart, Common Yellowthroat, and Louisiana Waterthrush.
I stopped at the Totts Gap Conservation Area where I saw 5 Bobolinks among the Barn Swallows and Red-winged Blackbirds. Some perched on the wires, allowing me to get some photos.
I had just started birding from the east parking lot at Lake Minsi when a text came through about a Mississippi Kite that Jim Figlar photographed over his East Allen Township backyard. It was a long shot, but I drove over there to see if it might stay in the area. I never did find it, so I headed over to the Regency Boulevard ponds where I found a Least and 2 Spotted Sandpipers.
The nearby flooded area along Steuben Road held a Solitary Sandpiper and a nice count of 32 Least Sandpipers.
The Newburg Park pond produced one Greater and 2 Lesser Yellowlegs, 2 Spotted Sandpipers, and 2 Killdeer.
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