i went for the fieldfare this morning and was successful. due to a garmin problem, i missed the bird's initial appearance at 730am, by 8 minutes ! but i was confident that the bird would return, and i was not disappointed. the bird's most recent routine is that it is frequenting an area of barberry bushes and oriental bittersweet behind 318 maple st, carlisle,ma (gps address). these bushes are in the rear section of a backyard behind a grape arbor and vegetable garden, and to the left of an active horse paddock. the viewing location is behind 318's house (garage). locate the path in the snow off the driveway and to the right of this gray house's garage. there is about 4-6 inches of 'crunchy',icey snow cover there.dress warmly and a scope is recommended.
it seems that its initial appearance in the last two days at this location has been at 730am, in the company of a small flock of (american) robins. the robins drop in first, and the fieldfare follows. it busily gobbles up barberries and then retreats for periods of 30 minutes or so. if you decide to go up tomorrow, my recommendation is to get there700-715am, latest. i think it is going to be 'crazy' there over the weekend.maple st is a narrow residential road and i think that with the traffic that is likely to be there tomorrow, things may well get out of hand for the neighborhood. i also observed that the robin flock, while cooperative today, does not appear during times when there isnoise and activity in the area. the nearest fuel and food is in Bedford, MA., about three miles away. to get to this location, proceed down maple st (south?) to rte 225. turn left and go a few miles. it is obvious when you reach the bedford business district. JPA John Askildsen Millbrook, New York -- 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/ --
