Ugggh - it was wet. Dark and wet and not terribly warm
and wet and fairly birdless and wet. Ten of us started out, with a few
dripping by the wayside after the main loop. There wasn't much to see,
though we did have a good little flock near the mansion, and a few birds
at the Rowing Club. Water levels are pretty high, especially for
mid-November. We were grateful for the new boardwalk extension, as
there must have been at least 8" of water under it that we'd otherwise
have had to slog through.
Highlights:
Common Goldeneye Male at the lake, first of the winter
Barn Owl Matt & Scott had 2 sightings early
Varied Thrush Nice male singing at the Rowing Club
Townsend's Warbler Female in the firs NE of the mansion
Purple Finch One made the briefest visit to its usual
tree
See, I told you there weren't many highlights.
The group total for the day was a whopping 49 species.
== Michael
Even more thankful for the boardwalk extension.
Lillian Reis photographed the male Mountain Bluebird on 2009-11-13
She also had some unidentified swans fly overhead
Ollie Oliver's photo of an adult Northern Shrike in the East Meadow, 2009-11-17
Ollie's photo of a Pied-billed Grebe and a Gadwall at the Rowing Club, 2009-11-17
Male Varied Thrush at the south end of the East Meadow,...
...2009-11-14
A few of the hundreds of Cackling Geese land inside the northeast baseball fields...
...then all of them fly out, 2009-11-14