I went to Sapsucker Woods this afternoon hoping to see one of the Gray-cheeked Thrushes that have been reported lately. Although I did not have success there, eventually I did find a congener and a good variety of other migrant songbirds.
I started on the Dryden side at the little parking lot. Between there and the south end of the Woodleton Boardwalk I encountered a flock of BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEES, and 1 each MAGNOLIA WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, BROWN CREEPER, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, and female/young AMERICAN REDSTART, plus 3 other warblers I did not see well enough to ID.
Birds along the embankment which hides 91 Sapsucker from the trail, and by the western bench by the frog pond, included AMERICAN ROBIN, NORTHERN CARDINAL, BLUE JAY, GRAY CATBIRD, and WHITE-THROATED SPARROW.
I also walked alot of trail on both sides of the road with little to show for it, but when I got to the south end of the Podell Boardwalk I found 3 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, another unidentified warbler, an EASTERN PHOEBE, a BLUE-HEADED VIREO, a RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, 2 AMERICAN ROBINS, and a SWAINSON'S THRUSH.
There were also HAIRY, DOWNY, and RED-BELLIED WOODPECKERS, plus WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH, and TUFTED TITMOUSE various places. Near the feeders at the Lab entrance there was a SONG SPARROW and a male RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD.
--Dave Nutter
On Oct 01, 2011, at 11:36 AM, Mark Chao <markc...@imt.org> wrote:
I had an unusually quiet walk on Saturday morning through the garden plots on Freese Road (Song Sparrows, Field Sparrows, Indigo Buntings, no unusual songbirds). But then, as just as I was leaving, I saw a bird overhead, speeding south on powerful pointed wings. A minute later, Nate Senner arrived. Having just seen it attacking Killdeer in the flooded Hanshaw field, Nate confirmed my hopeful suspicion – the southbound bird was a PEREGRINE FALCON.
Then, recalling Nick Sly’s excellent finds from this week, I went to the Dryden side of Sapsucker Woods. Between 91 Sapsucker Woods Road and the middle of the Woodleton Boardwalk, I found a pulse-quickening, even doubly jaw-dropping flock of birds, including a GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH (brief but very close, stirring views from various angles), CAPE MAY WARBLER (1 M), BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, and BROWN CREEPER (2+), plus chickadees, titmice, and woodpeckers.
Mark Chao
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