A walk up our hill at dusk this evening yielded a bird I hadn't heard here in many years-- a Veery, repeating its name, vee-ur, a dozen times. What a treat!
Last weekend we were camping at Lake Durant in the Adirondacks, and a Hermit Thrush ran around our campsite much of the time, giving me ample time to observe its hunched posture and long pink legs, as well as the odd tail maneuver. In the trees all around our site were many warblers, clearly seen in standard plumage-- Blackburnian, B&W, Black-throated Blue, Ovenbird (on the ground, actually) and an assortment of Yellow-rumps, some young and begging. The most surprising bird was a Woodcock foraging (trundling around) in the leaves near the lake. These birds seemed to be locals? Also many others... quite a surprising variety. Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg -- 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/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
