Weed Walk Diary – October 2007
October 3 – Hawkins Pond – On the way to Hawkins Pond we ran into a nice flock of Turkeys. The day went slow and we did not see much until half way around the Pond, when we ran into a warbler flock that had Palm, Black-throated Green and Yellow-rumps mixed with some Ruby Crowned Kinglets. Other highlight birds: Red-tail, Phoebe, White-throat and Meadowlark.
October 10 – West Corners Marsh – With reports of a Black-crowned Night Heron we headed for the Marsh. NO Black-crowned. At Rt.17 Park, River Road and Victory St. we added these highlight birds: C. Mergs, Kingfisher, 4 Woodpeckers, Carolina Wren, Field Sparrow and Purple Finch.
October 17 – Pharsalia – We went for Red Crossbills and while not seeing them we did pick up their little but consistent chirping. We searched for quite a while before even getting the sound. On a Truck Road we had a flock of Ruby-crowned Kinglets. As things were slowing down, a Vesper Sparrow gave us a good look. Other highlight birds were Hairy Woodpecker, Sharpie and a massive number of Juncoes.
October 24 – Valley Spots – Dodged raindrops and came up with some great birds: Wood Ducks, flocks of DC Cormorants, Osprey (eating a fish), Sharp-shinned Hawk, Bald Eagle, Am.Coots, Carolina Wrens, Ruby-Crowned Kinglet, Bluebirds, dz’s of Robins, Mockingbird (serenading us), Wht-Throated Sparrows and Wht-Crowned Sparrow being among the choicest.
October 31 – Northward – A beautiful fall day yielded many species including some early migrants – Brant at Dorchester Park, Rough-legged Hawks, an immature N.Shrike and Fox Sparrow. Other of our “best” birds were a late Yellowlegs,Hooded/C.Mergansers, Pied-Billed Grebes, N.Harriers, Bald Eagles and Purple Finches.
Weed Walk Diary is provided by members of the Naturalists’ Club of Broome County. This Weed Walk Diary was written by Marie Petuh and Dan Watkins. For information on the Naturalists Club, write P.O. Box 191, Vestal, N.Y. 13850.
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