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.