Woke at 430 am and could not fall back asleep. So instead of counting sheep, I decided to sit on my deck and count migrating birds or at least try. I began 450 am and ended at 520 am so it was
a solid half hour...then back to sleep! There was a decent flight going on as I could hear many calls up there that were unidentifiable. I did have some lower flyers that I was easily able to ID. Numbers aren't high but again there were many more birds higher up that I could barely hear. 15 VEERY, 9 WOOD THRUSH, 3 INDIGO BUNTINGS, 2 BOBOLINKS, 2 YELLOW WARBLERS and the best bird for me was a SCARLET TANAGER that was flying very low and half singing his song. It was a "whisper" song with a few chip-burrs. The bird was not flying as fast as he persisted for 20-30 seconds while calling. I also heard my resident SCREECH OWL that I have not heard in a long time. I also had an AMERICAN GOLDFINCH call once but this guy probably was a local bird since I regularly have 20-30 at my feeder each day. Dave Nicosia Johnson City, NY -- NFC-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_WELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_RULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC-L_SubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nfc-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NFC-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NFCL.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
