Hello all, This morning I decided to check out Summerhill, hoping for some winter finches to be around. Assuming the feeder at the Yellow House on Salt Road was my best chance, I headed straight there. On the way, I could hear plenty of GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES, CAROLINA CHICKADEES, and BLUE JAYS in the spruces. Once at the house, there were only 8+ Chickadees and a Red-breasted Nuthatch at the feeder. Continuing down Dresser Road in an attempt to see the previously reported Northern Shrike, I stumbled across 2 RUFFED GROUSE taking their time crossing the road. After failing to find the shrike, I decided to return to the feeder once more before leaving. Luckily, when I got there (11:35am), there was a single EVENING GROSBEAK trying to hold its own against an army of chickadees for its place on the feeder. Just what I was hoping for! On the way out of Summerhill, still on Salt Road, was a flock of over 100 AMERICAN CROWS and among them was at least 2 COMMON RAVENS, calling audibly somewhere around or in the flock. All in all, a nice birding trip, and not too far from Cornell.
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