A swarm of White-throated Sparrows came in last night and were easily identified visually and aurally (by their chink-chink alarm call and by their melodious song, both of which were in evidence all over the place). Other sparrows seen were the expected Song and Swamp Sparrows plus a few Chipping.
A flock of 16 Lesser Yellowlegs -- probably the same birds seen the other day and not a new flock -- appeared over Weesuck Creek with the same soft flight calls. I still didn't get a first-class look at them (they were again flying away from me up the creek) but I think they were also Lessers. This species migrates inland in the spring but on the Atlantic coast in the fall and its winter range traditionally extends up the coast to the Carolinas at least (and, with climate change in full blast, probably much further north).
Other birds of interest: Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Eastern Phoebe, Ruby-crowned and Golden-crowned Kinglets, Yellow-rumped Warblers.
Eric Salzman
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