3 days of glorious weather (Oct 6-8), almost too nice to see anything good, bird-wise. Diversity might have been better, I suppose, but within the masses of Myrtle Warblers, the Highlights included:
An adult LeConte's Sparrow, picking up grit in front of the church. Going to be a difficult sell based on my terrible photos.
An ever-changing ratio of Great Cormorants (Ad and Juv), DCCormorants, and Bald Eagles on Two-Bush Ledge. The latter seemed to be shadowing the Greats.
A Lark Sparrow, bursting into song no less; present 2 days, south weed fields
A fly-by Dickcissel
A solo Wood Duck on a small cat-tail lily-pad pond; a lone Canada Goose there the next day
Multiple WCSparrows; YBSapsuckers, Rusty Blackbirds (2), Balt Orioles (2), Winter Wrens
Raptors (Sharpies and Merlins) low in number
Although well-established on the island, only one male Red-Bellied Woodpecker seen or heard
Robins only on the third day, then only a few
A few each of Black and White-winged scoters
Needed more birders!
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