Eileen Schwinn came over yesterday morning to help look for the Black-backed Woodpecker. We didn't find it and we didn't find much of anything else: a single Ruby-crowned Kinglet, a few late Tree Swallows overhead. Where did all the birds go?
Today was a substantial improvement. There were many sparrows popping up from the marsh edge and perching prettily on the woodland edge. Most of them were Song and Swamp Sparrows but there was a Field Sparrow -- first for the season. Also a female (or immature) Indigo Bunting, a handsome Nashville Warbler in bright plumage and a Sharp-shinned Hawk hightailing it the wrong way across the creek; all of these were season firsts.
The acorn crop has been one of the best that I can remember and, as a result, the Blue Jay crop is equally prolific. Eileen tells me that all the Yellow-rumped Warblers (and a Palm Warbler or two) are on the east side of the creek in a couple of good-sized flocks. I haven't seen a single one on this side in two days now.
Eric Salzman
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