On Sunday afternoon just before 6 PM, I saw a GREAT EGRET in the air south of McLean Road, near the Lime Hollow Center.
Yesterday, my wife Miyoko and I spent about 40 minutes birding together on the Wilson Trail North in Sapsucker Woods. Our biggest surprise was probably a male BLUE-WINGED TEAL near the berm that divides the two main portions of the big pond. This teal maybe only the second or third one of this species I've seen in my hundreds of visits to the sanctuary. Other highlights included some noisy RUSTY BLACKBIRDS perched in trees right above the teal, an OSPREY perched low in a snag nearby, and a singing BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER seen for a long time at very close range with Gladys Birdsall's group at the Owens Platform. We haven't seen any screech-owls here at home since Thursday. Mark --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
