Highlights so far lakewatching from the fort bluff overlook include a
distant phalarope on the water and thought to be Red. A flock of approx
25 large shorebirds went by. Some were Hudsonian Godwits, the others
Marbled or possibly Whimbrels. I just couldn't tell in binoculars but
could see the
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
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.
Caution, this video is very disturbing, but it is a reality. Not for the
faint of heart.
http://junkscience.com/2011/09/30/video-poll-whacking-birds-by-wind-turbine/#more-3253
Carl
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Hi everyone,
While everyone has been sending in lists of the warblers migrating through
Sapsucker Woods, I thought I'd complement them with a few photos of the
warblers.
http://ebarrientos.smugmug.com/Nature/nature-in-new-york/Sapsucker-Woods/16338857_nC8Fr2#1507366217_QBz3vSS
Enjoy!
Evan
I birded Van Dyne Spoor Road this morning even though it was drizzling and then
raining. My best find was a beautiful Swainson’s Thrush. It was near
telephone pole number 310 on the south side of the road; the spicebush there
had a lot of reddish fruits which thrushes like. I stopped there to
