En route to the Lab of Ornithology on Sunday morning, Miyoko, Tilden and I saw a male INDIGO BUNTING in the power line corridor off Warren Road between Uptown Road and Route 13.
In Sapsucker Woods, we found very few of the birds that Bob reported, nor any of various other interesting finds that folks mentioned to us on the trail. But we did feel plenty gratified with excellent views of 10+ foraging RUSTY BLACKBIRDS in all plumages (most striking was a female still bearing very fresh feathers, including a completely russet back) in the deep puddles near the Wilson/West intersection. I think that a couple dozen more of this species could well have been present, as we heard their singing everywhere along the southwestern margin of the pond. We also saw a pair of NORTHERN WATERTHRUSHES attacking and ousting a mink. The waterthrushes stayed and foraged in peace together below our eye level for several minutes, merely 5 meters away, with the male pausing now and then to throw his head back and peal out a Woodleton-accented song. Mark Chao --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com -- 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/ --
