Until this morning, I had only seen Kingbirds alone, but today there was a
whole big flock assembling in the scrubby field (bushes, thistles, and
teasels, etc.) at the corner of Route 79/Slaterville Road and Landon Road.
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On a casual evening dog walk up (little) Gully Road north of Aurora, I saw the
usual clusters of robins and bluebirds, and a cluster of kingbirds - probably 5
to 7 or more - chipping sparrows aplenty, a house finch or two, a flicker,
drumming and calling. The birds were concentrated about a mil