Canada and Wilson's Warbler at Housenick Park ~ May 12, 2026

I went to Housenick Park this morning. I ran into Linda Freedman and Jim Figlar and walked the rest of the trails with them. It was a quality, not quantity, type of day. There weren't many migrating warblers, but I did see a Canada Warbler and 2 Wilson's Warblers in addition to a Magnolia, a Black-and-white, and 2 Yellow-rumped Warblers, a Northern Waterthrush, 2 Northern Parulas, 5 Common Yellowthroats, and 6 American Redstarts.

Canada Warbler

Wilson's Warbler

We also saw 3 Least Flycatchers along the stream.

Least Flycatcher

Linda pointed out a Baltimore Oriole nest, and we watched the female working on the nest.

A female Baltimore Oriole at her nest.

Other notables seen along the way included Solitary Sandpiper, Great Blue and Green Heron, Bald Eagle, Belted Kingfisher, Great Crested Flycatcher, Eastern Warbling and Red-eyed Vireo, Tree Swallow, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Northern House Wren, Gray Catbird, Eastern Bluebird, Veery, Wood Thrush, White-throated and Chipping Sparrow, Orchard Oriole, Scarlet Tanager, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, and Indigo Bunting.

Birds at Green Pond included 34 continuing Snow Geese, 39 Canada Geese, 21 Mallards, a Double-crested Cormorant, and Great Blue and Green Heron. The ponds and woods edge along the paved path produced 7 Spotted Sandpipers, 2 Solitary Sandpipers, a Greater Yellowlegs, 17 Least Sandpipers, Tree, Barn, and Northern Rough-winged Swallows, Common Yellowthroat, and Northern Yellow Warbler.

The Newburg Road retention pond held the continuing Greater Yellowlegs and a Great Blue Heron; and the Hollo Road retention pond produced one each of Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs.

The Tatamy Exit retention pond held one Semipalmated Plover, a Spotted Sandpiper, a Solitary Sandpiper, 6 Lesser Yellowlegs, 14 Least Sandpipers, and 2 Northern Rough-winged Swallows gathering nesting material.

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