This morning I birded with Jeanette and Cutler Baldwin (from Owego) for a
couple hours, starting at the Refuge and looping up to the Savannah area before
heading back to Union Springs. A few highlights:
Wildlife Drive (8 a.m.): 8-10 immature Bald Eagles on the ground, in the trees
across the river, and in the air
Tschache: Trumpeter Swan feeding near tower. 4 fishing Ospreys (with
considerable success), Swamp Sparrow calling, not seen. (and at other locations
as well)
Mays Point: 5 Black Terns (sometimes harassing the Great Blue Herons), Marsh
Wren (there and everywhere!), Wood Ducks distant in glare
Knox-Marsellus: Newly-hatched young at the nest with both adult Trumpeter
Swans, to the south toward Towpath. Too distant for a count. (La Rue and Jackie
doing the census and kindly shared scope.)
Carncross: spectacular views of the Sandhill Crane family in the sunshine, just
beyond the nearest grass ridge. Their rusty orange really stands out against
the now-solid green of the vegetation, and the young are tall enough to be
easily seen even when their heads are down feeding.
Martens Tract: Pied-billed Grebe w/4 small young, several Common Moorhens,
Willow Flycatcher and Common Yellowthroat singing and seen.
VanDyne Spoor (wooded stretch): Veery, Wood Thrush, Redstart, Cerulean Warbler,
to name a few heard but not seen.
Mud Lock, River Rd: Osprey sitting in dead tree near Bald Eagle nest; adult B
Eagle in tree to the south at end of point.
Didn't attempt the really bumpy roads with Baldwin's car. Save the jeepin' for
mine!
----------------Kathy Strickland, Union Springs
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