On Saturday around noon, I stopped at Stewart Park and saw most of
what Tom reported, minus any swallows. A highlight was an adult
PEREGRINE FALCON perched in the cormorant tree across the inlet.
Interestingly, I also had an encounter with an unidentified passerine
-- in the dense weeds on the
Hello all,
Kathy Strickland & I birded at MNWR this afternoon.
A flash of white along Van Dyne Spoor where so many folks gathered to see a
rare visitor last weekend made our hearts jump but instead of a lingering S-T
Flycatcher we saw a MOCKINGBIRD. Also saw a couple E. MEADOW LARKS, several RT
With the faint hope of stumbling upon some of Tom's swallows, I
strolled over to Stewart Park in the early afternoon. While I didn't
find any swallows, I was really surprised to see a very late Blue-
gray Gnatcatcher along Fall Creek in Renwick Sanctuary.
Also of note were around 60 Brant on t
On a fine, early-morning walk along Mt. Pleasant Rd., I watched for some
time a PALM WARBLER (Eastern) foraging here and there at the pipeline cut
about ΒΌ mi. west of the observatory. Also saw my first ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
(light) of the season, on a wire at the towers. And a flyover SNOW BUNTING.
