All 35 pigeons waited out the rain sitting still evenly spaced along a ledge under the library roof overhang. The House Sparrows looked miserable, the males almost unrecognizable. Most wouldn’t even venture into the park but formed a hidden chorus in the building scaffolding across the street bitching at the rain. A lone Grey Catbird lorded over a Wafel & Dinges trash can. Meanwhile, around 50 White-throated Sparrows and one Swampy went about their business hopping around the cleared underbrush looking naturally at home and unfazed by the cold temperatures and heavy rain. A Common Yellowthroat, scrawny with outstretched trembling wings was having a terrible day. Cold, wet, up til dawn, not interested in holiday shopping, I finally called it a day at 3pm.
Alan Drogin -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
