On Mon., 4/27/15, Kathy Strickland & I played hookey & journeyed to the
Rochester suburb of Irondequoit to look for the female Varied Thrush.
After about 15 min., thanks to the quick eye of Jim Tarolli of
Baldwinsville, we got to see it, a lifer for the three of us!
Several people had been waiting quite a while (one woman for over an
hr.) with no luck so we felt quite privileged to see it so soon after
arriving. Jim got a really good picture of it in a tree overhead & I am
pleased that he forwarded a copy to me.
Dave Wheeler was there with Jim but I don't know if he was as fortunate.
Dave has been tallying birds at Derby Hill this spring, certainly a
cold, dismal & often boring, & perhaps thankless, job ... until migrants
began coming through in respectful numbers.
The home owner where the Thrush was seen has been very gracious to the
many eager birders who came to her home, even inviting them to sit in
deck chairs on her back porch. She apparently doesn't own binoculars so
some appreciative folks are donating money to have a birder get a pair
for her as thanks for her kindness. :-)
At MNWR visitor's center & later at Sodus on the break wall birding was
rather poor but at both places we saw always beautiful Caspian Terns.
Watching the many gulls just "floating" in the air always makes us wish
we could fly as they do, seemingly without a care, but Kathy then
mentioned how tough life really is for birds that have to seek food each
day, all day, to survive.
Here in Union Springs, my daughter Becky spotted a brand new osprey nest
at Frontenac Harbor last wk., easily seen from the west end of Basin
St.. Hopefully the birds will not be disturbed by all the activity that
goes on by the many boaters at the marina all summer.
Fritzie
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