Hello all, Yesterday Dave McCart and I did some birding of Summerhill (I also covered Bear Swamp and Scott as well). Early morning there were many Cedar Waxwings, Robins, Blackbirds and Bluebirds moving. I did have PINE SISKINS at 5 different locations including ~40 at Bear Swamp, 12 on Lake Como Rd and later in the day another 15 at the Hovel Chalet Summerhill. There were lots of goldfinches around and 6-7 PURPLE FINCHES scattered about --I did not have any Evening Grosbeaks, but it should be just a matter of days before they start showing up in the Summerhill-Bear Swamp areas --big numbers are starting to show up at migration points to the north and birds have already been seen in NJ, Penn, Conn, and RI. Most Red- breasted Nuthatches were at feeders and the woods were generally quite quiet. Other sightings including 2 RAVENS at Bear Swamp, a few HORNED LARKS in Sempronius and 6 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS just north of Lake Como. The best sighting of the day was perhaps the single RUDDY DUCK that Dave scoped on Lake Como. In all the years of birding Sumerhill (13 years, whew, where did the time go), I don't think I've ever had Ruddy Duck at Lake Como --if I have it might have been once before.
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