Birding was secondary to me today, but by 1530 I was on Sound Ave heading toward the Paul Stoutenburgh Preserve in Southold, where John Sep had found both male & female Summer Tanager, in the last couple of days. My spirit was encouraged by encountering a total of 5 Turkey Vultures while on that tripled-named (aka North Rd. and/or Route 48) east/west thoroughfare - 2 in Aquebogue, 1 in Laurel, and 2 in Mattituck.
This was my first visit to the P.S.P, and while I missed the Summer Tanagers, I did get my first of the season White-eyed Vireo. What makes this such a joy for me is the memory it evokes. Namely, I think of Dennis Puleston and his description of the bird's song..."sweet manure pit" ! As I was leaving, I ran into John Sep, who was just getting started, so "I took another walk around the block" with him. We did get a Tanager, but the wrong one - which raises the question of how can you describe the the gorgeous Scarlet as "the wrong one" Cheers, Bob ! -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
