With a few inches of (rapidly melting) snow still on the ground, the bird feeding area at Pruyn Sanctuary has had an uptick of usual species. We noticed a record high count of 8 fox sparrows. Also present are 2 purple finches and 18 wild turkeys.
Appears to be a current silence/absence of local Carolina wren pair post-Sandy and nor'easter. In the woods, the juncos and white-throats are making use of the storm-fallen trees as welcome brush shelters even as they did post-Snowtober 2011, given lack of understory with deer over browsing. Anne Swaim Chappaqua, NY -- 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/ --
