As I was getting out of the car, I was told by a worker that they were going to be painting the lines in the parking lot, so I drove over to the Henry's Woods parking lot and started my usual loop from there. In the wooded section before reaching the open field area, I found Great Crested Flycatcher, Blue-headed and Red-eyed Vireo, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Wood Thrush, Eastern Towhee, Baltimore Oriole, Ovenbird, Nashville Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Northern Parula, and Scarlet Tanager.
The field area produced a 'fly-over' Bald Eagle, plus American Kestrel, Northern House Wren, Field Sparrow, American Redstart, and Yellow Warbler. Soon after, I ran into Guy de Bruyn and we birded the wooded section down to the footbridge. Along the way, we found Least Flycatcher, which thankfully gave its "che-bek" call to confirm its identity, and warblers that included Black-and-white, Yellow-rumped, Chestnut-sided, Black-throated Blue, and Black-throated Green.
At the footbridge, Guy spotted a Northern Waterthrush feeding in a muddy area along the creek.
Guy headed for his car at the Boulton lot and I headed back towards Henry's Woods. From the main footbridge, I spotted a Spotted Sandpiper, a Green Heron, an Eastern Phoebe, and a Warbling Vireo. The area across the road from the parking lot produced a Louisiana Waterthrush, 3 Solitary Sandpipers, and a Broad-winged Hawk.
The area near the visitor center held Brown Thrasher and Blue-winged Warbler. I also ended up with the impressive counts of 86 Blue Jays and 26 Gray Catbirds.
A stop at the Hollo Road retention pond on the way home yielded 2 Lesser Yellowlegs, 14 Solitary Sandpipers, a Spotted Sandpiper, and a Least Sandpiper.
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