Diane Morton's  very nice report from the Sunday, August 23  bird walk that
she led....enjoy and come next time! And thank to Diane and all the other
volunteers who do this each weekend throughout the year.

Eight people attended this morning’s bird walk, 2 from Boston, 2 from
Syracuse and 4 Ithacans. Ken also came along, helping to lead and to get
the spotting scope on birds that we found. Right away we saw a Green Heron
and Great Blue Heron on the pond and a small raptor perched in a tree (more
on that bird at the end)—a great start for this enthusiastic group. At the
Owens platform we watched four young Eastern Phoebes sallying out to catch
insects. This seemed to be the day when young birds were learning how to
feed themselves, in the company of adult birds. We had great views of five
Green Herons on the pond at once! They were accompanied by a Belted
Kingfisher family of three actively fishing. At the Sherwood platform we
saw one female Wood Duck and one juvenile. Grackles, Red-winged Blackbirds
and Northern Cardinals also gave us a chance to look at both adults and
immature birds. A Pileated Woodpecker was a popular bird—heard first and
then spotted through the trees. When we had circled around the pond back to
the spot where we began, the young raptor was still perched in a tree. We
had some discussion about whether this was an immature Cooper’s Hawk or
Merlin, and leaned toward Merlin. However, Ken and I looked at more images
when we got home, and concluded that it was, instead, a young Cooper’s
Hawk, based on the head markings, eye, and relative size to nearby birds.
Still learning!


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