[CT Birds] FW: nice little wave.... x2

[Brian Webster]

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> 5/30, Stratford Yard/woods-
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> I did a lot of yard work today so I was outside for a good amount of time. Through the day I added a few, but not much.
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> Totals from today-
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> (4) Blackpoll
> (2) Hooded
> (3) Blue-winged
> (2) Blackburnian (best photos I ever got... still far away!)
> (2) Yellow
> (1) Yellow-rumped
> (2) Black-throated Blue (one heard)
> (7) Redstarts
> (2) Black-and-white Warblers
> (4) Yellowthroats (one male in my yard in lily bed!)
> (2) Great Crested Flycatchers
> (1) Willow Flycatcher (never could find him)
> (3) male Baltimore Orioles (at least one an intruder)
> (2) Red-eyed Vireos
> (1) Warbling Vireo
> (2) Indigo Buntings
> (2) male RT Hummers (only one until today)
> (1) Pileated Woodpecker
> (1) Red-shouldered Hawk
> (2) Red-tails
> (15+) Waxwings
> (5) Swifts
> (3) Rough-winged Swallows
> (2) Barn Swallows
> (1) Bank Swallow
> (1) Common Raven (been around a lot recently)
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> I also heard a Killdeer flying around. House Wrens chose 4 out of 5 houses in the area.... none of which are mine! Chipping Sparrows have been making odd variations to their calls. 13 baby Praying Mantises (manti?) throughout the garden (oothecas hatched about a week ago). House Sparrows seem to be getting ready for another batch of annoying.
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> Black Swallowtail (see him often now), Cabbage White and a Hummingbird Moth.
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> I recall a conversation not too long ago about chipmonks and the lack there of. That has certainly changed here, and many other places I've been I've gotten chirped at relentlessly. I have one (maybe a family) living in the drainage pipes that run under my lawn. Anyone else notice they are back around more noticably?
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> -Brian Webster-
> Stratford, CT
> b.webster at hotmail.com
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>> Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 10:17:26 -0700
>> From: m.stockmal at snet.net
>> Subject: Re: [CT Birds] nice little wave....
>> To: ctbirds at lists.ctbirding.org; b.webster at hotmail.com
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>> I birded the local area and didn't have much warblers except for BT Blue and Blackpoll. But, I had Glossy Ibis fly in a marsh, a marsh wren singing, Bluegray Gnatcatchers (possibly nesting), Bluebird, Salt-marsh Sparrow, male adult Orchard Oriole, Willet (nesting?), Killdeer, Willow Flycatcher, Great Crested Flycatcher. Ospreys nest very well here. Four Ospreys flying in one area.
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>> Maria Stockmal
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>> Branford
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>> --- On Sat, 5/30/09, Brian Webster wrote:
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>> From: Brian Webster
>> Subject: [CT Birds] nice little wave....
>> To: "CT Birding"
>> Date: Saturday, May 30, 2009, 8:53 AM
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>> 5/30, Stratford yard/woods-
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>> This morning I came across a nice little wave of warblers and some other birds. Several were more than willing to pose for photos (Blackpoll, Blackburnian, Yellow, GC Flycatcher).
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>> (4) Blackpoll Warblers (3m, 1f)
>> (2) Blackburnian Warblers (1m, 1f)
>> (7) American Redstarts (2m, 5f)**
>> (2) Yellow Warblers
>> (1) Black-and-white Warbler
>> (1) Black-throated Blue Warbler (heard)
>> (2) Hooded Warblers (1m, 1f)
>> (1) Yellow-rumped Warbler
>> (4) Common Yellowthroats (1m, 3f)
>> (2) Indigo Buntings (1m, 1f)
>> (2) Great Crested Flycatchers
>> (1) Willow Flycatcher (heard)
>> (2) Red-tailed Hawks circling each other
>> (1) Red-shouldered Hawk pushed away by Red-tails
>> (1) Common Raven followed close by 2 crows
>> (1) Pileated Woodpecker
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>> I saw the female Hooded with nest material in her beak yesterday and today. The male doesn't sing in the morning
>> that much anymore (although I may just not hear it), but everyday around 2:30-3pm it starts singing until around 5:00pm.
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>> ** Did I get confused, or did I hear a female Redstart singing? It was more like a 'call song'. Several whistle-like, high pitched notes. Very different than the Redstart song... it reminded me of Blackpoll and Bay-breasted type songs.
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>> -Brian Webster-
>> Stratford, CT
>> b.webster at hotmail.com
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