Sunday morning started out pretty foggy at my house, depressing bird activity for a good part of the morning. From 7 to 8 AM the highlight for me was a singing Carolina Wren.
I went inside for a while, but came back out at 9:15. Bird activity around the feeders picked up with a bit, but it remained pretty foggy. In the backyard near my twig pile, I found a small flock of birds that consisted of 3 White-throated Sparrows, a Song Sparrow, a Ruby-crowned Kinglet, one LINCOLN’S SPARROW, and a House Wren. A Cooper’s Hawk moved silently through the trees, and I think he was watching a flock of Rock Doves that were circling around over my house as they made their approach to my feeders. But the Doves left almost immediately and I didn’t spot the Coop’s again. Back inside for brunch at 10:45, and wouldn’t you know it, while I was inside eating, the fog magically dissipated and left behind clear blue skies. A handful of Blue Jays showed up at the feeders, so I went back outside at 11:40 AM, since the Blue Jay migration was what I was waiting for. I spent the next hour or so tracking the migrants that passed over the yard. Here is what I got: Blue Jay – 147 – way down from previous days Sharp-shinned Hawk – 1 White-breasted Nuthatch – 2 birds mixed in with the Blue Jays that flew with them from east to west over the yard in migratory fashion. American Goldfinch – 7 – much the same as the Nuthatches. At one o’clock, I went back inside for a mid-afternoon Yankee break. It was Derek Jeter’s final game after all. Couldn’t miss that. Back outside at 5:00 to finish mowing the lawn, and at 6:00, I spotted the final group of Blue Jays pass over the yard – 67 of them. Mickey Scilingo Constantia Oswego County, NY mickey.scili...@gte.net 315-679-6299 -- 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/ --
