Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Always (ok, very often) something new

Looks like warblers will be harder to get, maybe early walks are just too cool for much insect life at the patch. However a ruby-crowned kinglet was new for the season and was feeding, hovering to pick of it's food.
A sapsucker showed well And gave a nice mewing call.
Down by the river 8 Cardinals were feeding on and around some washed up plant life.

Where the cardinals feed

Back at the picnic shelter, I was listening to a pair of Carolina wrens - male calling, female rattling when Bob (just moved into the area, moved back to us from Italy) told me of a pied-billed grebe on the lake.
On my way round I found and photographed a white-crowned sparrow on the lakeside path. Stunning bird! Reasonable results from phone scoping too.


On the lake the adult grebe was feeding closeby the bank and the hooded merge that has been around for a while BlogBooster-The most productive way for mobile blogging. BlogBooster is a multi-service blog editor for iPhone, Android, WebOs and your desktop

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