Weed Walk Diary – October 2009
October 7 – Roading
The quiet period after a strong cold front went through gave us a respectable number of species including Wood Ducks, Mallards, W.Turkeys, Pied-Billed Grebe, DC Cormorant, Gr.Blue Heron, Turkey Vultures, N.Harriers, Sharp-Shinned & Red-Tailed Hawks, Am.Kestrels, Am.Coots, B.Kingfisher, E.Phoebes. E.Bluebirds and more at Boland Pond and other central Broome locales.
October 14 – Broome and Tioga
Cold but the birds were good; at Murphy’s we got a good start with Ruddy Duck, DC Cormorants, GB Heron, Am.Kestrel, E.Phoebes, Carolina Wren, Yellow-Rumped Warblers, RCKinglet, E.Towhee and our first White-Crowned Sparrows of the season, both adult & juvenile. Stewart Pond had a Sharp-Shinned Hawk and more White-Crowneds. In Tioga County at the DEC river overlook was a huge raft of Canada Geese, Killdeers, B.Kingfisher and an adult Bald Eagle; a Beaver swam past us. Our last stop at Livingston Park gave us Red-Bellied Woodpecker, Downies, WB Nuthatches, Brown Creeper, Robins and White-Thr.Sparrow plus others.
October 21 – West Corners Marsh
A Mockingbird started us off from the Mall & we found a huge flock of RW Blackbirds at W.Corners Marsh along with a dozen Rusty Blackbirds, a great find. Ducks included Mallards, Green-Winged Teals, Black Ducks and C.Merganser there and at Boland Pond. An adult Bald Eagle perched along the river at Whitney Pt., contributing to a good total count.
October 28 – Rainy day
A constant heavy downpour let up at Dorchester Park, making it easy to spot the 10 Sanderlings moving along the shore. There also were B.Kingfisher, Killdeer, Gr.Blue Herons, RB Gulls & two adult Bald Eagles. Other birds of note on various routes were two Snow Geese in a huge flock of Canadas, Hooded Mergs, Am.Wigeons, Black Ducks, Turkeys, Am.Robins & E.Bluebirds. We topped off our respectable list with the Merlin, perched a little west of his usual spot along Rt17.
Weed Walk Diary is provided by members of the Naturalists’ Club of Broome County. This Weed Walk Diary was written by Marie Petuh. For information on the Naturalists Club, write P.O. Box 191, Vestal, N.Y. 13850.
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