Susie & I spent about 2 hours this morning in Summerhill State Forest, mainly along Salt Rd., looking for the reported pine siskins. I looked, she listened, but we found none. But we did come across more interesting stuff. A partial list follows
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW 3 All were singing. MOURNING WARBLER 2 HERMIT THRUSH 2 PHOEBE 2 N. WATERTHRUSH 1 RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH 4 TURKEY 3 WINTER WREN 4 The latter species was our great find. We heard 2 singing adults. One was far off, so we headed into the woods to check it out. In a bit, we found a brush pile, atop which was an adult giving what Sibley describes as the "agitated" call. He describes it as a "rapid series of extremely high staccato notes". I first heard this call along the trail to Wakely Mtn., in the Adirondacks, 5 years ago, and questioned the "extremely high" designation then in my notes. Susie, hearing the call for the first time today, agrees that it is not even "high". Anyway, the bird was agitated because of 2 young WINTER WRENS hopping around in the limbs. Imagine a bird about half the size of an adult; with the exception of hummingbirds, they were the smallest birds we have ever seen. I am loathe to use the term "cute", but they really were. S. & S. Fast Brooktondale -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
