I'm of a mindset now at my age , (65 tomorrow!) to slow down and enjoy the birds more patiently-- or simply put stand around and wait; make them come to you. Rushing around and chasing things all the time creates burnout. So why not slow down? It was this afternoon, along the prospect lake South shore one of those spots I like to wait and see
That spot is a Willow tree that hangs over a small phragmite patch.Its confining and secure for birds there. And it so happens a few did pop up. First,it was a very active Yellow rumped warbler that even if common, I nevertheless enjoyed seeing the bird.. There isn't much around anyway thanks to today's very chilly weather . Then it was a Swamp Sparrow at the fringes of the phrag marsh,my first for the season.Moments later I spotted a Northern Waterthush to the left and again to the right later. So that was satisfying if even if I was hoping for a Yellow Warbler.
About an hour later, there was ( seen by another birder) a Worm eating warbler on the Peninsula just before the thumb. A photo appeared on the Discord app.
Summer Tanager continues in Owls Head Park. There were reports of Nashville Warbler in Prospect, Hooded Warbler again this morning in the Mid wood, Ovenbirds,and Solitary Sandpiper as well as by the same name Vireo at Greenwoods Dell water ..
"There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of the birds, the ebb and flow of the tides, the folded bud ready for spring." — Rachel Carson