Re: Mid Atlantic fall migration hub. yeah. right.
BlkVulture@aol.com
Tue, 29 Sep 1998 16:25:54 EDT
I must agree with Greg.
Although I have been blessed with a couple of stellar migrants in my yard, I
have found that most of the other birds that I have seen have been under
impressive. Of course this could be due to a lack of a serious attempt to
find birds. I am sure that there are birds coming through my yard that I am
not seeing. Thrushes come to mind. I had several pair of wood thrush as well
as robins breed in my yard this summer, and I have a wintering population of
hermits and bluebirds, I suspect that I am missing other thrushes that are
coming through.
Aside from the Lincoln's sparrow that I posted a week or so ago, I had a very
late whip-poor-will calling in my yard on Sunday night, around 7:30 pm. I
also had an all time high of 3 screech owls calling on Saturday night,
although there are often two.
This is only the second fall that I have lived in my house, and again, I feel
like I have missed some good birds during fall migration. It makes me wonder
why I travel to well known spots as opposed to being patient and seeing what
flies into my yard.
Cheers,
Todd Day
Jeffersonton, VA
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