Today was really my last day to look for PA warblers before I head to Virginia tomorrow morning. We found 8 black and white warblers along the ridge, in addition to a blue-headed vireo (pics soon). At the end of our birding route, we did hear a new warbler, which sounded most like a yellow-throated warbler. He was too high up in a leafy tree to get a visual on, so he's not counted on our year lists yet. However, he is included on our e-bird report for the morning. The most numerous bird was again chipping sparrow, followed by eastern towhee. In a large field, we had two spring gobblers showing off, but jumped high up in a tree when they spotted us.
Other highlights were two black swallowtails and a yellow swallowtail, in addition to a Horace's duskywing (which I saw three more of on campus today). The soccer field where I found 10 species of butterflies was mowed today, and I only found a Horace's duskywing and a black swallowtail in the mudd puddle in the corner of the field. We will try again later in the day to find more new warblers after Alex's class.
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