Seems like a very birdy morning. No time for birding, alas, but
earlier I walked my dog Sandy around at the eastern edge of my
property, which coincides with the Danby/Newfield town line and
adjoins the westernmost edge of the L-P Preserve in West Danby (an
area also known as "Beech Hill Brook", the "South Branch Woods", the
"South Branch of West Danby Creek", "Beech Hill Road", "Tompkins
County Unique Natural Area #189", and other names besides (the real
old timers call it "the back stairs"). I was happy to hear both
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO and BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO. Had an INDIGO BUNTING,
a singing MOURNING WARBLER, TENNESSEE WARBLER, lots of HOODED
WARBLERS and many other birds. One spot, which I think of as 'City
of the Redstarts' on account of their breeding density, was the scene
of a mass squabble among about ten male Redstarts. They were zooming
about so aggressively that Sandy actually jumped and snapped after
them, as if they were horseflies!
Here's my warbler list so far today:
BLUE-WINGED WARBLER
CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER
MAGNOLIA WARBLER
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER
AMERICAN REDSTART
BLACK AND WHITE WARBLER
BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLR
BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER
TENNESSEE WARBLER
NASHVILLE WARBLER
HOODED WARBLER
MOURNING WARBLER
LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH
OVENBIRD
CANADA WARBLER
COMMON YELLOWTHROAT
-Geo
Geo Kloppel
Bowmaker & Restorer
227 Tupper Road
Spencer NY 14883
607 564 7026
g...@cornell.edu
geoklop...@gmail.com
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