On Saturday morning, eight birders joined me for a visit to the Cornell
community garden plots along Freese Road. We turned up an excellent variety
of sparrows, including at least 30 SONG SPARROWS, two or three SWAMP
SPARROWS, several SAVANNAH SPARROWS, a few FIELD SPARROWS, one CHIPPING
SPARROW,
Hi all,
I went to the Freese Rd. garden plots this morning and found a ton of
migrants, but nothing too unusual. The highlights were a single first
winter WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW seen briefly, then heard singing a raspy song
one time, and a juvenile PEREGRINE FALCON coursing over Bluegrass Lane
chas
It's starting to feel and look like fall at the Freese Road garden plots.
At midday on Wednesday, I found a LINCOLN'S SPARROW, a SWAMP SPARROW, a few
dozen SONG SPARROWS, six SAVANNAH SPARROWS, five FIELD SPARROWS, a few
INDIGO BUNTINGS, some House Sparrows, and a western PALM WARBLER.
Mark C
At midday on Saturday at the Freese Road gardens, my family and I walked north
from the parking area next to the line of trees, then back through the middle
of the plots. I devoted much less time, attention, and spatial coverage to
birding than usual, yet saw the full roster of expected birds,
