Outside my window at Commonland the cottonwood and sycamore hosted a small
mixed flock including a PHILADELPHIA VIREO and NASHVILLE WARBLER and a couple
more flitting too quickly and dressed too confusingly to be ID'ed by my
half-asleep self. Later a strange sparrow sunned itself for a while whi
Had a great day birding the MNWR region on Tuesday 8/29/12. Weather was great.
Met some nice people along Larry Hall and Eddie way and ran into Gerry Smith
and Diane at K-M marsh.Birds have an ability to introduce us to some really
good people.
Highlight of the day was a Merlin fly by with
This morning I walked around the Durland Preserve off Ellis Hollow
Creek Road for a while. Not a huge amount of activity, but lots of
birds were around, mostly probably local birds. Highlights were a
YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER foraging high in oaks at the edge of the
woods as you head towards the Hi
don't forget to look up,
joe devito
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Hi,
In our backyard stands a large black walnut tree, which has become the focus
of a squirrel nut-gathering frenzy. This morning 3 Red Squirrels and 3 Gray
Squirrels were zipping up and down collecting nuts, then dashing into our
shed or down a squirrel trail to the hedgerow, and back again.
A walk up our hill at dusk this evening yielded a bird I hadn't heard here in
many years-- a Veery, repeating its name, vee-ur, a dozen times. What a treat!
Last weekend we were camping at Lake Durant in the Adirondacks, and a Hermit
Thrush ran around our campsite much of the time, giving me amp
