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 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
