Just as I was about to yawn my impatient way through another PB Grebe, C Geese, M Duck, Lesser Scaup, crow, Song Sparrow, W Duck jaunt around Lake Como - and just after I was developing this incredible appreciation for the coloration and intensity of the male Wood Duck (God must have used thick, rich oil paint in that masterpiece) - I was blessed with a pair of DB Cormorants in the eastern part of the lake. Then as I felt I was settling (since I had already seen one the other day) - in flew a Palm Warbler with tell-tale bobbing tail and a handful of Myrtles. My warbler adrenaline went wild as I searched the thickets and shoreline trees for more - didn't see any - but was satisfied like a chocoholic with an after dinner mint. As I wandered home I was doubly blessed with a text book comparison of a Downy WP and a Hairy WP sitting almost side by side on a branch then hopping in parallel to a former squirrel nest where they were finding something tasty. Why wouldn't they ever do that when I was first trying to learn tell them apart? Also had the thrill of a Kestrel hovering over a quarry and then diving behind some trees. Spring is rushing in now!
Thomas Maiello
