new arrivals

A gloomy morning, overcast with stiff northeast winds and little sprinkles of rain. Not so gloomy, however, as to faze our new arrivals: a bunch of Golden-crowned Kinglets (I could hear them before I actually got some good looks) and a few Dark-eyed Juncos. There was a small flock of Goldfinches (half a dozen birds) and a somewhat larger flock of Pine Siskins (a dozen or more). Royal Terns came up the creek as they do almost every morning. Other repeat birds included Eastern Phoebe (braving the winds by ducking further back into the woods), nuthatches (Red-breasted at least), Common Yellowthroat and Yellow-rumped Warblers (staying low but giving themselves away by chipping) and a few sparrows (Swamp, Song, Chipping and, if you count it as a sparrow, Juncos).

Eric Salzman