Annette Cunniffe and I birded Greenwich Point with the hopes of some good birds
with the very foggy conditions. At about 9:50, along the outer saltmarsh trail, one
swallow was spotted in the distant murk, then another. We quickened our paces
to a bridge for better viewing and i.d.'ing. Confirming the 2 birds were indeed Cave
Swallows and during the next 20 minutes or so, 8 more flew in, making for a great
show of insect-hawking and fantastic aero-batics. Then, one by one, they went
poof! What an awesome show it was, and more astounding was how we happened
to arrive as the swallows did. You gotta love the serendipity of birding!
Got some so-so photos, not sharp, but you can see the key features.
Try photographing flying swallows, and in dense fog!
Other birds sighted:
3 White-crowned Sparrows
1 Swamp Sparrow
1 Horned Lark
1 Yellow-rumped Warbler
1 Palm Warbler
29 Cedar Waxwings
Goldfinches - many
House Finches - many
3 Common Loons
2 Red-throated Loons
14 Hooded Mergansers
2 Cooper's Hawks
Then we went on to Compo Beach in Westport: 8 Common Loons, 1 Long-tailed Duck
(first of fall), 4 Red-br. Mergansers.
Mill Pond: 10 Greater Yellowlegs, American Wigeons.
Sherwood Island: 3 Common Loons, American Kestrel.
From Meredith Sampson:
11/14 - Old Greenwich, Innis Arden Golf Course -- 9 PINE SISKINS.
Old Greenwich, Greenwich Point w/ Annette Cunniffe --
10 CAVE SWALLOWS, 3 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS
Westport, Compo Beach -- 7 SNOW BUNTINGS with 4 Horned Larks.
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