Date: 5/8/25 4:50 pm From: Jonathan Feenstra via groups.io <feenstra...> Subject: [LACoBirds] Migrants at Piute 5/8/25
Birders:
After many rather grim days birding this spring, I had a refreshingly birdy day at Piute Ponds today. The highlights were a female Black-and-white Warbler along the C-Dike near the "yellow box" and a singing Plumbeous Vireo in the same area.
Of the many other migrants present, the majority of warblers were still Yellow-rumped Warblers. A single Nashville Warbler was also on the late side. And, a Hermit Thrush was my only thrush.
Flycatchers were well represented with multiple WW Pewees, an Olive-sided Flycatcher, and empids: multiple Hammond's, Dusky, Western, plus a single Gray.
There weren't very many shorebirds, and I only saw 3 Western Sandpipers, 3 Wilson's Phalaropes, and a few each of Long-billed Dowitcher and Long-billed Curlew. The habitat looks great, however, but perhaps they weren't delayed like the passerines and most had already passed through.
I only covered the C-Dike from Lot 1 to Thoreau, so 70 species in 2 hours starting at 10:25 was pretty good.
