The Kentucky Warbler was actively singing this morning at is usual spot in the northeastern part of the RPNRMA. Dan Heglund, Bob May, Byron Young and I heard the bird calling repeatedly and we watched as it actively flitted around chasing other birds including American Redstarts and Black-and-white warblers. I did have a brief five second view of the bird as it called but for the most part it remained out of sight as it called.
I then went on a hike in the heat along the blue, red, and yellow marked hiking trail in the northeastern part of the Rocky Point property. I saw a Wood Pewee, Scarlet Tanager, quite a few Pine Warblers, American Redstarts (seems to be a common nesting bird here), Red-eyed Vireo, Black-capped Chickadee, and Tufted Titmouse. However, the delightful surprise of the day for me was staring eyeball-to-eyeball with a roosting Southern Flying Squirrel that was in a head high cavity in a broken over Sassafras tree. Its the first flying squirrel I've seen in more than a decade....... John Turner -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
