September 22, 2008 [LINK / comment]

Brisk morn on Bell's Lane

The outside air on Sunday morning was unusually brisk, as autumn seems to have arrived in very abrupt fashion, and Jacqueline and I took a correspondingly "brisk" stroll along Bell's Lane. She saw some warblers with yellow under-tail coverts, which are probably Palm warblers. Here is my list of notable birds:

• Brown Thrashers -- 4+
• Tennessee Warbler (prob.)
• Phoebes -- 3
• Hairy Woodpeckers --2 (M)
• Goldfinches -- 6+
• Great Blue Heron (high in a tree)
• Red-tailed Hawk
• Magnolia Warblers -- 2

The hawk was flying in broad cirles around the heron, which seemed relatively unperturbed. I got a video of that (possible YouTube?) and managed to get close enough to a Brown Thrasher for a decent still photo. They'll be mostly gone in another month...

Brown Thrasher, on Bell's Lane, Sept. 21.