On 10/10/2010 10:28 AM, Kevin J. McGowan wrote: > > An oil leak in my car prevented me from doing the birding I had > planned on Saturday and made me head home instead. On the way I made > 7 stops at scrubby places around northern Dryden and teased chickadees > in hopes they would bring interesting birds into the sunshine to be > photographed. I was moderately successful. > > Notable was that I had RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES at every stop, even one > with only a single pine tree in sight. > > Sparrows were less responsive than I would have thought, but I had > Chipping Sparrows in 2 spots, a FIELD SPARROW in one, and > White-throated and White-crowned at most. Surprisingly, Song Sparrows > were missing from two stops. I saw several Savannah Sparrows at other > spots along the way. > > Ruby-crowned Kinglets were present almost everywhere. I had HERMIT > THRUSHES come in at three stops, making their “chuck” alarm note and > flicking their wings. > > The sky was full of Turkey Vultures, although I couldn’t detect any > obvious southward movement. > > Most interesting to me were the band of chickadees that decided that > the owl that was calling was inside my car. They climbed up in the > wheel wells, and one actually went into the car through an open window. > > Kevin > Kevin, where exactly are these "scrubby" places around northern Dryden. I may be missing something as I live in northern Dryden :?) Thanks Carl
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