Thanks Marie!
Funny about the woodcock. Last night, as I lay in bed, I heard the
wing-feathers whistling of a woodcock right outside the window. No “peanuts”,
no sky display with chirps. Just a woodcock on the move. We had as many as 5
woodcocks in our fields this spring, and I often hear them displaying here in
early fall.
Bob
> On Jul 29, 2019, at 9:25 AM, Marie P. Read wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I found a couple of interesting "yard" birds as I made my way through the
> woods edge on my property to see what was around in the beaver pond next door.
> First, up from the ground flew a chunky medium-sized bird which fluttered off
> twittering into the woods and landed on the ground again. Too small for a
> Ruffed Grouse (which ARE there occasionally) and wrong habitat for a snipe,
> so I'm going to call it an American Woodcock.
>
> Second, on my way back I was brought up short by a loud ticking call and on a
> branch over the stream was a Northern Waterthrush. I do seem to have them
> come through this time of year some years, but they don't nest on the
> property.
>
> Finally, another somewhat unusual bird for my yard is the Carolina Wren
> that's been around for most of this week, in fact there may be two. What an
> interesting variety of songs and calls they make! Never used to see them up
> here at this elevation, but with climate change who knows what may show up
> next!
>
> And as a follow-up to my search for Caspian Terns at Myers Pt, I did find
> five of them there a couple of days ago and was able to get some photos. All
> adults, but I'm sure the fledglings will show up soon with their parents and
> that will make for some good photo ops.
>
> Marie
>
>
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