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I went on a woodlands trek at the end of Myra Rd today with Chris & Kate and
wow it was unbelievable. The numbers of some of species was well beyond
anything I thought possible around her these days. I don't what the final
tally of Black-throated Green and Blackburnian were and I won't quote the
number of them I think we passed because many wouldn't believe it. Our
checklist will have considerably less because we were counting
conservatively by making sure we were well passed the ones we just counted
before we counted more and I know we missed many doing that but it is the
best that can be done when they are that plentiful.
Those were the two most plentiful species but we also had good numbers of
Winter Wren, Black-throated Blue, Magnolia, Black-and-white, Northern
Parula, Blue-headed Vireo as well as 1 to a few numbers of many other good
species. But my highlight of the day was 5 Bay-breasted Warbler in 3
different locations (a presumed pair and 3 singles). The first one was
amazing to see, we were walking along the trail with a chorus of warblers
singing then all of a sudden somehow Chris picked out a Bay-breasted from
that and proclaimed "Bay-breasted!" and went tearing into the woods. We
followed and sure enough there was one in there.
The only bummer of the day was a reality check on my hearing. More than a
few people including me thought I had excellent hearing. Well I have to dial
that back to saying I have quite good hearing and maybe very good for my age
but now that I see what the excellent hearing of Chris and Kate can get you
I'm not going to think I have that anymore. But I did get see or hear pretty
much everything today but I often had to stop and concentrate on picking out
the single species. I don't know how many times I had to do that for
Blackburnian today but it was unbelievable-and often we could hear 2 or 3 in
the same area.
The terrain there is quite tough to navigate and while I don't know for sure
and I don't know if Chris would have the time but I got the impression that
Chris would like to lead an event into there during breeding season if there
were enough bush-whacking (not much), swamp-crawling (quite a bit) ,
hard-core birders that would go on it. I'm in!
Thanks Chris and Kate, I sure learned a lot today and saw some fabulous
habitat.
Keith Lowe
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class=3DMsoNormal>I went on a woodlands trek at the end of Myra Rd today =
with Chris & Kate and wow it was unbelievable. The numbers of some =
of species was well beyond anything I thought possible around her these =
days. I don’t what the final tally of Black-throated Green and =
Blackburnian were and I won’t quote the number of them I think we =
passed because many wouldn’t believe it. Our checklist will have =
considerably less because we were counting conservatively by making sure =
we were well passed the ones we just counted before we counted more and =
I know we missed many doing that but it is the best that can be done =
when they are that plentiful. <o:p></o:p></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>Those were =
the two most plentiful species but we also had good numbers of Winter =
Wren, Black-throated Blue, Magnolia, Black-and-white, Northern Parula, =
Blue-headed Vireo as well as 1 to a few numbers of many other good =
species. But my highlight of the day was 5 Bay-breasted Warbler in 3 =
different locations (a presumed pair and 3 singles). The =
first one was amazing to see, we were walking along the trail with a =
chorus of warblers singing then all of a sudden somehow Chris picked out =
a Bay-breasted from that and proclaimed “Bay-breasted!” and =
went tearing into the woods. We followed and sure enough there was one =
in there. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal>The only bummer of the day was a reality check on my =
hearing. More than a few people including me thought I had excellent =
hearing. Well I have to dial that back to saying I have quite good =
hearing and maybe very good for my age but now that I see what the =
excellent hearing of Chris and Kate can get you I’m not going to =
think I have that anymore. But I did get see or hear pretty much =
everything today but I often had to stop and concentrate on picking out =
the single species. I don’t know how many times I had to do that =
for Blackburnian today but it was unbelievable—and often we could =
hear 2 or 3 in the same area.<o:p></o:p></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>The terrain =
there is quite tough to navigate and while I don’t know for sure =
and I don’t know if Chris would have the time but I got the =
impression that Chris would like to lead an event into there during =
breeding season if there were enough bush-whacking (not much), =
swamp-crawling (quite a bit) , hard-core birders that would go on it. =
I’m in!<o: