This morning's bird walk around Sapsucker Woods, led by Becky and me, was very lively. Highlights included a flock of golden-crowned kinglets foraging in the bushes around the Sherwood platform, eye level, at times about ten feet away (my best looks at this species ever; naturally, I didn't have my camera on me :-D); a woodpecker sweep including a brilliantly adorned male sapsucker excavating a new grid in the trees by the Owens platform (good news for anyone looking for a photo-op with sapsuckers); a pair of Canada Geese landing with much fanfare at the Owens platform pond then noisily evicting a pair of interlopers in an entertaining wild goose chase; winter wren singing a few times from the direction of the Wilson Trail north; male kestrel on the power line; male wood ducks, hooded merganser pair, gadwall pair, pied-billed grebes in the rear pond; kingfishers aplenty...
After the walk, I returned with my camera to find no more kinglets; instead a great blue heron was hunting by the corner bench area, catching plenty of tadpoles up close and seemingly heedless of my presence. (Also a Cooper's hawk flew by). Suan -- 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/ --
