On this unexpectedly nice afternoon, I walked around the Freese Rd.
gardens for about an hour. Even though this area was undoubtedly
well-worked in recent days, birds were abundant and "pished up"
easily to fence posts and weed tops. Sparrow numbers were impressive,
and I'm not sure I've seen that many WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS in a
single spot east of the Mississippi River - at least 30 adults and
immatures. Other estimated numbers were 50 SONG, 50 CHIPPING, 20
SAVANNAH, 10 FIELD, 6 SWAMP, 5 WHITE-THROATED, 1 FOX, and 5 DARK-EYED
JUNCOS (1 with fairly pinkish sides). In spite of close binocular
views of at least 100 individual sparrows, I did not see any good
candidates for Lincoln's.
Also several RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS and many AM GOLDFINCHES. nearly
every time I looked up, one or more RED-TAILED HAWKS were circling or
cruising overhead.
Later, I checked Bomax Driive, but it was much quieter -- several
SWAMP, SONG, and WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS, and a lone HERMIT THRUSH
were all I could find.
Around my yard today were several GOLDEN-CROWNED and 1 RUBY-CROWNED
KINGLETS, and many flyover RED-TAILS and TURKEY VULTURES.
enjoyer of all kinds of birding posts and rare bird alerts,
KEN
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Ken Rosenberg
Director, Conservation Science Program
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
159 Sapsucker Woods Rd,
Ithaca, NY 14850
(607) 254-2412
k...@cornell.edu
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