My plan for this morning was to head back out to the dyke to see if the Whimbrel was still around. I didn't think it would be because here Whimbrels are rare and when they are spotted they don't linger. They are one of those "have to be there when it happens" birds, like my Parasitic Jaeger from Thursday. But you never know. One year a Long-tailed Jaeger lingered around for three days and last year at the dyke a Marbled Godwit lingered for an unprecedented couple of weeks! Anyway, it seemed a bit too windy this morning to see a variety of birds in an exposed habitat like the dyke, so I went to a site along the river that is only 5 minutes from home to "test the waters" before going the extra distance to the dyke. There was nothing there, and when I learned that the Whimbrel was not seen at the dyke this morning I abandoned my plan to go to the dyke and went off elsewhere to look for songbirds.
 
Eastern Phoebes like this one here were abundant this morning, but they were the only songbirds in abundance. I walked all around the woods and scrubby areas without seeing a single bird. But there was one spot that was sheltered from the strong winds and had a nice variety of birds. There PBase user jewelwing (Gillian) and I came up with this nice variety of warblers: Yellow-rumped, Yellow, Chestnut-sided, Magnolia, Black-and-White, American Redstart, and Blackpoll. The Blackpoll Warbler stumped us at first, but the yellow legs led us to conclude that it was a Blackpoll and not another similar looking fall warbler like the Bay-breasted. In addition to these warblers we also saw a number of Warbling Vireos and earlier on I had a vireo with a yellow wash on its underside that I identified as a Philadelphia.