Tuesday, October 25, 2011

accipiters gone, birds busy

Blue sky, breezy, cool. Feels like hawk weather but the accipiters seem to have disappeared and the other October birds are again busy. Flocks of Am Robins and Common Grackles have dropped in and Northern Flickers are noisily on the move. Yellow-rumped Warblers, now accompanied by Blackpoll Warblers, have reappeared. Other migrants noted were Hermit Thrush, Ruby-crowned Kinglet and Eastern Towhee. Squirrels are madly dashing everywhere. No acorns to speak of but the biggest crop of hickory nuts that I can recall.

Eric Salzman

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