The temperature was very cool up in West Danby's traditional Worm-
eating Warbler habitat this morning: apart from a querulous Hermit
Thrush and a couple of Chickadees, the place seemed almost deserted.
Between 9:00 and 9:30 small groups of apparently migrating Blue Jays
flew past below me (about 75 Jays in all). An unidentified accipiter
made what might have been a territorial overflight, but did not
vocalize. A few Turkey Vultures soared very close to the wall.
Distantly I could see that several birders were walking around in the
L-P Preserve. They seemed to be getting more action than I. But I
waited until the sun climbed high enough to clear the looming summits
of the pinnacles and strike the tops of the stunted chestnut oaks,
pitch pines and Amelanchiers (the latter in full bloom), at which
encouragement a few birds were moved to sing: Ovenbirds, Black-and-
white Warblers, Juncos, a Northern Oriole, and a Worm-eating
Warbler. However, the filtered sunlight was too wan for much of
that, and within five minutes they all shut up!
-Geo
Geo Kloppel
Bowmaker & Restorer
227 Tupper Road
Spencer NY 14883
607 564 7026
g...@cornell.edu
geoklop...@gmail.com
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