Hi all, After almost 5.5 months, I took my Sapsucker Woods lunch walk (but on skis). I did all trails and some twice. I did come across many birds, which I used to do in the past. Hoards of chicakdees, but was looking for my friend "KRAP" but did not see him, but did see other banded chickadees (Y-BlueK, RP-k etc) most of whom I did not reconize any, but was glad to see them. On Pileated trail, I did see a Pileated slinking away into the woods and other three species Red-bellied, Downy and Hairy along with a Brown Creeper and WB nuthatches. At the entrance of the Dryden trail from CLO parking lot, I heard a weezy call. Then a full song, so stopped to look at the songster, a still drab looking American Golfinch! He seemed as if telling me that here I am and you are not nocticing me.
At lean to in the pines there was lot of activity going on. So I stopped to listen to singing Tufted Timouse and a fight between a Tufted Timouse and a chickadee. While watching the two fight something landed below my eye level on the bark just 6 feet away, A very cute BROWN CREEPER. I wished I was carrying my camera. He searched for insects and did find something just above my head level. He flew across to a tree behind me, passing just a feet from me. On Wilson trail, I did see usual Tree Sparrows and White Throated Sparrows taking a drink and bath at the foot bridge stream. Tufted Titmouse were signing all over the woods. A couple of chickadees were also singing. I heard something which sounded very much like a spring peeper. I am not sure what that creature was. It was a beautiful sunny day but was still cool for peepers to be out. It was nice to be out there. I could say whcih tree has fallen or what has changed on the trail in last six months. I also realized how much I have been missing my lunch walks! Later in the evening I went to Ovid to look for Redtails and Short-eared owls. I did see a couple of them where Marty had seen previously. One landed on a fence post some hundred feet way from me and watched the surrounding for some times. Another one sat on a hay bale much furhter away was also inspecting the surroundings. It was a nice day be out there! Cheers Meena -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
