On Friday, September 28, 2012 2:40:26 PM UTC-4, Lynne Parks wrote:
> 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
> 1 Northern Flicker
> 1 Olive-sided Flycatcher
> 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee
> 1 Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher) Sounded more like an Alder.
> 1 Great Crested Flycatcher
> 12 Eastern Kingbird (I don't think I was hallucinating. White-tipped tails. Briefly perching on gravestones while feeding).
> 46 Blue Jay
> 8 American Robin
> 1 Northern Mockingbird
> 52 European Starling
> 1 Black-and-white Warbler
> 8 Magnolia Warbler
> 1 Black-throated Green Warbler
> 1 Chipping Sparrow
> 1 Scarlet Tanager
> 1 Indigo Bunting
Kevin Graff pointed out that it was late for Kingbirds. I went back to check this morning. It was cold, chilly and gusty. Very quiet. Too quiet. Then I saw the Cooper's Hawk zipping along over the top of the graves. He settled on a headstone near the monument for Edward J. Bird :) I did see half a dozen Phoebes. Let this be a lesson to me. Look closely at the things you are sure you know. Yesterday, I had a distracting non-birder companion, the bright light made the birds look darker than they were, reflections played across everything--I thought I saw a white tip on a tail. Take nothing for granted. Thanks Kevin!
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