May catch up

May didn't quite end up where I would need to be too try to get to 200 for the year, ending up at 174.  My best guess is that one needs to be at 180 by the end of May (Spring migration) to have a shot at 200 for the year.  I would say even more this year considering how sparse it has been this year for some birds that have been fairly reliable.  

• Golden Eagle
• Dunlin (shorebird habitat absolutely stunk this Spring)
• Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
• Olive-sided Flycatcher
• Marsh Wren
• Caspian Tern
• Snow Goose
• Greater White-fronted Goose
• Cackling Goose
• Ross's Goose

None of these have been seen since last year.  

I did manage FOY Least Sandpipers with a very quick few at Betz and Beckley, between and opening in the overgrown crops.  May 18th I had a great show being put on by a Black Tern.  I did manage some rough video of it flying around pretending to be a swalllow.  A nice smattering of warblers in a spot I don't normally hit for warblers/migrants brought some first for that hotspot:

• Black-and-white Warbler
• Bay-breasted Warbler
• Rose-breasted Grosbeak

A Yellow-breasted Chat at Woodland Park was a nice bird to add for the area.  I believe it ended up being a one-day wonder though.  

T DR N fluddle did pay off with a Semipalmated Plover and a Semipalmated Sandpiper mixed in with some Least Sandpipers.  It was a fairly quiet end to the month with a late weekend away from Chaos outside of the county.  June did end up having a bit more action to it though.