Tree Swallows are abundant and gorgeous.
![Tree Swallow](https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4176/34441121462_eb375e39fa_b.jpg)
A parent peeks out of a nest box.
![Tree swallow](https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4178/34054322400_60607ae9d6_b.jpg)
There are more Barn Swallows than I've ever seen before. I was happy to catch a few of them perched.
![Barn swallows](https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2869/33667837543_60422ed061_b.jpg)
When the lawnmower is out, the swallows chase behind and catch insects disturbed from the grass.
![Barn swallow](https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2879/33667835563_f09ff5e3fb_b.jpg)
The high point of my first day on the island was seeing three Bobolinks (apparently there were at least six there on that day).
![Bobolink](https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4187/33597655314_e06bef7975_b.jpg)
I'd never seen one before, so it was really exciting when one landed right in front of me.
![Bobolink](https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4168/34439620765_8785553c97_b.jpg)
The island is full of Song Sparrows...
![Song Sparrow](https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4155/34396785536_678c97129c_b.jpg)
...singing their hearts out.
![A song in his heart](https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4172/33628591803_0dd845e131_b.jpg)
A Yellow-Rumped Warbler:
![Yellow-rumped warbler](https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4182/34054562060_109fd24355_b.jpg)
An Eastern Kingbird:
![Eastern kingbird](https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4191/33628916533_b2d8a3fa79_b.jpg)
A Rose-Breasted Grosbeak:
![Rose-breasted grosbeak](https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4177/34278206492_37116285d1_b.jpg)
There was some commotion, so I looked up to see an immature Red-Tailed Hawk being mobbed by a Crow and about twenty Gulls.
![Crow, red-tailed hawk and gull](https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4171/34317927232_cf690b6c00_b.jpg)
Poor guy!
![Immature red-tailed hawk](https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4158/34477955905_884fbf0199_b.jpg)
Currently, there is a large population of Red-Winged Blackbirds on the island and their calls fill the air.
![Red-winged blackbird](https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4161/34361163310_9a75e9e6f7_b.jpg)
A female Blackbird eats a grasshopper.
![Blackbird](https://c1.staticflickr.com/6/5513/31329143236_1285bd5317_b.jpg)
Opening the island early enabled me to see some birds I never would have otherwise, so it would be great if the season could be extended in the fall as well.
See many more Governors Island birds on my Flickr Page.
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