Scroll past the narrative for e-bird list of my morning hike at Lindsey-Parson's Biodiversity Preserve (LPBP).
This morning Sashie & I hiked 5-6 miles of trails at LPBP. Highlights: INDIGO BUNTING that came out and sang on a snag. Serenading VEERY sang from a shady tree branch allowing me to videotape. Several YELLOW-THROATED VIREOS were singing away. Sashie (my DACHSHUND/economy-sized watch dog) hiked on LEASH with me. We traversed entire length of the BLUE TRAIL and most of the Yellow Trail but were stymied by flooding. Part of the the yellow trail is flooded unless one is expected to canoe it unless I was reading the map wrong. I got a chuckle at seeing a yellow trail marker out in the middle of a swamp just above water level. INSECTS were plentiful. More DRAGONFLIES & DAMSELFLIES than I could keep track of in a brilliant array of luminescent colors. How does one bird watch, photograph, & videotape all while walking a leashed dog? Thread the leash through your belt or belt loop or use a carabiner to attach the leash to your belt. This leaves your hands-free to use binoculars,other gadgets, & read maps. Also gives you two hands for swatting FLIES. I had a great hike albeit tick check revealed one DEER TICK on Sashie. Deer ticks seem unavoidable this year no matter what precautions one takes. Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.4.4 36 species Great Blue Heron 1 Green Heron 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 F Belted Kingfisher 2 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1 Eastern Phoebe 1 Yellow-throated Vireo 4 Red-eyed Vireo 11 Blue Jay 6 American Crow 4 Tree Swallow 4 Barn Swallow 12 Black-capped Chickadee 3 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2 Veery 2 American Robin 10 Pair carrying food Gray Catbird 1 Cedar Waxwing 8 Ovenbird 4 Blue-winged Warbler 2 Black-and-white Warbler 2 Common Yellowthroat 5 American Redstart 6 Yellow Warbler 4 Chestnut-sided Warbler 7 Prairie Warbler 1 Eastern Towhee 2 Field Sparrow 2 Song Sparrow 5 Northern Cardinal 1 Indigo Bunting 2 Bobolink 2 Red-winged Blackbird 4 Common Grackle 2 Baltimore Oriole 2 American Goldfinch 4 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) -- 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/ --
