I headed up to Montezuma early this morning with a crew of Golondrinas
technicians (Justin Proctor, Maria Stager, Emilie Ospina, and Eric
Lopresti). We got to Towpath Road while the marshes were still
enveloped in the morning fog, so we birded the road for migrants for a
while. We had one
Perhaps everyone already knows to what you are referring when you say
Golindrinas technicians but I don't. I googled this and found it is people
studying Tree Swallows. Is this what you are doing? And if yes, what are you
doing? And if no, what is this about.
Thanks Nick, I enjoy your posts.
This afternoon (6 Oct) I walked to the Hog Hole and around Treman Marina. HIghlights:BRANT - family of 4 again/still grazing on lawns by mouth of marinaREDHEAD - 2 males together off Stewart ParkSCAUP - continuing male off Stewart ParkPIED-BILLED GREBE - 2 off Stewart ParkRED-TAILED HAWK - 1 which
I walked around the lab from 1-2:30 P.M. today. The only thrush I spotted
was an AMERICAN ROBIN. Some of the usuals were around, but I didn't hear or
see any Warblers. By the Sherwood Platform, I heard 2 EASTERN TOWHEES
calling. That was the first time I have heard them since spring. That was
I observed four Black-crowned Night Herons and one American Bittern fly from
the north end of Tschache Pool across Rt. 89 into May's Point between 7:00 and
7:35 p.m. earlier this evening. This of course was after sunset(6:38 p.m.) and
identification was based on flight patterns and
This is a great excuse to plug eBird's great new mapping interface:
http://ebird.org/ebird/map/pinsis?neg=trueenv.minX=env.minY=env.maxX=env.maxY=zh=falsegp=falsemr=onbmo=10emo=10yr=1900-2011byr=1900eyr=2011
A quick check of this map shows that it's not unusual for Pine Siskins reports
in our
I'm glad Wes beat me to the punch, but this morning I had at least two PINE
SISKINS flying over my house calling -- I heard them several times and had the
impression they were local birds moving about rather than multiples migrating
overhead, but could have been wrong. So, at least there were
