Starting at 8:00 this morning, I worked my way along Shindagin Hollow Road
in my car, stopping to get out frequently. I walked about halfway down the
steep, curvy descent. I walked from just past the marsh/beaver pond at the
bottom to where the Finger Lakes Trail crosses the road and up the FLT
After a long day of grading papers yesterday, I decided to spend the
morning today walking a good chunk of the Finger Lakes Trail in
Shindagin Hollow. I didn't find any mixed warbler flocks, but there were
lots of rewarding birds nonetheless. Some highlights with a complete
eBird list at the
Lots of birds in Shindagin this morning... and one gentlemen dressed
in camouflage from head to toe carrying a large gun. I didn't ask
what he was hunting.
I started at 8:00 and birded along the road to the bottom of the
basin, driving and stopping here and there to walk around a bit. At
Today is the opening day of spring turkey season. It ends at noon
daily and the last day is May 31.
On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 14:41, Anne Marie Johnson
annemariejohn...@frontiernet.net wrote:
Lots of birds in Shindagin this morning... and one gentlemen dressed in
camouflage from head to toe
I had struck out on them so far this year, but within ten minutes of
arriving in Shindagin Hollow this morning I heard five WINTER WRENS and
got great views of one of them. I also heard my first WOOD THRUSH of the
year. There were a number of BLUE-HEADED VIREOS around, but I didn't
find any
A trip down Shindagin Hollow Road this morning (around 9-11:30) turned up:
Winter Wren - 2 singing close to the road, different territories.
Red-shouldered Hawks - pair circling around and calling together
Common Ravens - pair flying off together, one possibly carrying food.
Purple Finch
Wood
