The majority of the birds have stopped singing now, so it's harder to find
them. But the woods are still overflowing with know-nothing juveniles,
that make a lot of noise and aren't shy at all. It even seems some of the
adults are less reluctant to be seen now that breeding season is over for them.
Had a Worm-eating Warbler foraging today, even though I haven't heard one
sing for weeks now. Also, several Ovenbirds in the last few days, both adult
and juvenile. Saw a pair of juvenile Wood Thrushes foraging together
today, perhaps from the nest I watched until they fledged.
There have been 2 late-arrival Acadian Flycatchers in the area, one
singing consistenlty, including today, and one on and off. But the one in the
area where they nested 3 years ago stopped singing about 2 weeks ago, and I
had never seen any evidence of a mate or nesting, except that he seemed to
sing consistently from an area of young hemlocks. However, I have seen one
foraging from time to time.
Today I spotted 1 in a young choke-cherry tree and quickly noticed it was
being chased around by something, but I couldn't tell what. I finally
realized it was an RT Hummer, which was not much smaller than the flycatcher.
Never realized how small they are.
Best part however, was when the bird was joined by a second one in the
tree! So there are two, at least, a pair probably, or adult and juvie or even
2 juvies. Pretty good evidence that there was, in fact, a nest though.
Sadly, I found a dead female or juvenile Scarlet Tanager in the road
today, so the attrition has begun.
Ebird below. Not as many species as earlier, but not bad considering most
of them were sighted, not heard, and still a nice mix of the birds that
nest in the area.
Boston Hollow/Yale Forest, Windham, US-CT
Jul 26, 2014 8:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
10.0 mile(s)
47 species (+2 other taxa)
Turkey Vulture 1
Broad-winged Hawk 2
Buteo sp. 2
Mourning Dove 5
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 5
Acadian Flycatcher 3
Eastern Phoebe 6
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Blue-headed Vireo 4
Red-eyed Vireo 6
Blue Jay 4
Common Raven 1
Tree Swallow 3
Black-capped Chickadee 20
Tufted Titmouse 8
White-breasted Nuthatch 4
Brown Creeper 1
Winter Wren 1
Veery 4
Hermit Thrush 3
Wood Thrush 2
American Robin 15
Gray Catbird 8
Cedar Waxwing 2
Ovenbird 1
Worm-eating Warbler 1
Louisiana Waterthrush 1
Northern Waterthrush 2
Black-and-white Warbler 6
Common Yellowthroat 6
Blackburnian Warbler 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Pine Warbler 2
Black-throated Green Warbler 3
Canada Warbler 2
Eastern Towhee 4
Chipping Sparrow 10
Song Sparrow 3
Scarlet Tanager 5
Northern Cardinal 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Purple Finch 1
American Goldfinch 6
Don Morgan, Coventry
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