That's a great series of photos and videos, thanks! At almost exactly the five minute point on the first video, there is a warbler hopping in the leaf litter. Is that a Swainson's Warbler? Otherwise I'm stumped as to its identity. Maybe someday I'll see one at Forest Park. ;-)
Bob Lewis Sleepy Hollow NY --- On Mon, 5/20/13, Cindy <catbird...@yahoo.com> wrote: From: Cindy <catbird...@yahoo.com> Subject: [nysbirds-l] pics/vid of amazing fallout in Texas + Y/C Night Herons, Cedarhurst To: "NYS Birds" <nysbirds-l@cornell.edu>, "ebirds...@yahoogroups.com" <ebirds...@yahoogroups.com> Date: Monday, May 20, 2013, 9:55 AM Hi all, I know this is outside our territory but a friend shared this page with me and I thought it was too good to keep to myself. Last month, there was a huge fallout of birds following a cold front on the coast of Texas. People put out mealworms, seed and oranges for the exhausted birds at one location and filmed and photographed them. The photos are amazing - it is a visual feast of migrants - a Hooded Warbler on someone's shoe.... 15 male Indigo Buntings in a little group on the ground (joined by several females and three Painted Buntings).... Cerulean Warblers... half a dozen Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks all together... Orioles by the bucketful... too many other birds to describe.... There are two videos, be sure to click on HD for the scond one (and make it full screen!). At the very bottom of the page is a link to a list of birds seen with more photo-documentation. On that page is a description of the events of that day, and the days following, plus links to other photographers' pages. Rob Becker's photographs are stupendous... the birds are unbelievably close. Prepare to be amazed! http://www.texasbirdimages.com/home/2013-fallout---cameron-county Enjoy! Cindy WodinskyCedarhurst, LI -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
