This morning I arrived at the deli fields at 6:30 A.M. planning to spend a few hours in this location and then move on to bird a few others in the Bashakill. A few hours turned into almost five hours before I left. The first hour started slowly, and while there were birds present, there were not the numbers I had hoped for after good wind conditions overnight. Once the haze in the valley began to burn off the birds started to show in very large numbers.
The highlights this morning were at least three Olive-sided Flycatchers, although there may have been as many as five. Two Tennessee Warblers as well as Wilson's, N. Paurla and Pine were present in the large numbers of at least twelve warbler species moving in the trees along the field edges. Hummingbirds have been had to come by the past week or so but I had eleven this morning. Four Vireo species including two Philadelphia Vireos were present. My first Ruby-crowned Kinglet of the fall showed itself as did at least 5 Scarlet Tanagers and ten Rose-breasted Grosbeaks. The show of the morning, however was the numbers of Lincoln's Sparrows. This species numbers have been growing each day throughout the week with a high count of at least a dozen birds today. If anything this count is low as they were present throughout the fields as were large numbers of Chipping Sparrows and Song Sparrows. A few Swamp and White-throated were present as well. This past week this area has been very productive and has always been one of the best spots in Sullivan County for sparrows. If anybody would like information or directions concerning this area, feel free to contact me via email. -- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
