May 18 - Inwood Hill Park - Things slow down

The birding slowed way down this morning from recent days. I only found 46 species this morning compared to the 60-70 this last few mornings. I only found three warblers. The birding was so quiet I spent more time taking pictures of plants than I usually do. Below are some of the plants currently in bloom. Most of these have been in bloom for some days or even weeks.

Ivy-leaved Toadflax (Cymbalaria muralis)

Greater Celandine (Chelidonium majus)

Honeysuckle (Lonicera sp.)

Princess Tree (Paulownia tomentosa)

Below is my bird list from this morning. I did not get anything new for the season.

Canada Goose 8
Mallard 10
Rock Pigeon 8
Mourning Dove 2
Chimney Swift 6
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Ring-billed Gull 8
Herring Gull 2
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Double-crested Cormorant 6
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 1
Turkey Vulture 3
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Peregrine Falcon 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Warbling Vireo 6
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 1
Common Raven 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2

Tree Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 3

White-breasted Nuthatch 1
House Wren 1
Carolina Wren 3
European Starling 10
Gray Catbird 5
Northern Mockingbird 1
Veery 1
Wood Thrush 4
American Robin 20
House Sparrow 15
American Goldfinch 1
Song Sparrow 3
Orchard Oriole 1
Baltimore Oriole 6
Red-winged Blackbird 2
Ovenbird 3
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler 2
Northern Cardinal 4