On a short walk west from Michigan Hollow Road up the south leg of the Abbotts Loop Trail, Pat and I found a Winter Wren singing near a promising nest site (overturned tree roots), a few Blue-headed Vireos, some Ruby-crowned Kinglets, etc.
Earlier we stopped at the little marsh in front of the old county landfill, hoping for Virginia Rail, and were not disappointed! I got out of the car and said hello to Meena, who was already there. As we exchanged greetings, a series of grunts came from the cattails on the north side of the causeway. Over the next few minutes we had a nice encounter with a talkative Virginia Rail, who gave "kiddick" calls and a series of grunts, and eventually left its hiding place to walk around in the (comparative) open. Earlier still, we looked in on the heron colony at Sylvan Lane, to find about a dozen Great Blues hanging around the nests, sitting the nests, or fussing with sticks. -Geo -- 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/ --
