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Author: Peter Kasper
Sunday, September 28
Today was my first day back on site after a month long
vacation in Papua New Guinea and I was pleased to see that
waterfowl migrants are starting to come through. A couple of
Northern Pintail were on a pond north of the bison feeders
and
Northern Shovelers found at several locations. The warbler migration is clearly tailing off, though we did
manage to find a
Northern Waterthrush, a
Tennessee Warbler,
and a
Blue-headed Vireo among the many
Yellow-rumped Warblers inside the main ring. The best bird of the day was
an
Osprey that apparently has been frequenting Casey's and
Andy's ponds and perching in the dead trees along Eola rd.
Sunday, September 21
Another very pleasant morning at Fermi produced the
following birds in the Sparrow Hedge area:
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker,
Marsh Wren,
Sedge Wren,
Eastern Phoebe,
Warbling Vireo,
Red-eyed Vireo,
Swainson's Thrush,
Blackpoll Warbler,
American Redstart,
Eastern Towhee, Rose-
breasted Grosbeak,
Swamp Sparrow and
White-throated Sparrow. Seen in the flooded buffalo fields were Pied-
billed Grebe,
Pectoral Sandpiper, and over thirty
Wilson's Snipe.
An
Osprey was seen perched on a tall dead tree near the
northeast corner of Batavia and Eola roads, believe it or
not I have seen Osprey's on this same snag several times
over the last few years. This may have been the same bird
seen by Rod on Friday. Some other birds of interest seen
this morning were
Magnolia Warbler,
Tennessee Warbler,
Indigo Bunting and
Field Sparrow.
Friday, September 19
Some evening birding today and yesterday produced little
of interest and less in the line of owls. Owling was done
on Friday with no responses; it may have been the
deafening sound of the tree frogs???
Thursday evening produced
Black-crowned Night-Herons and a
Belted Kingfisher on DUSAF Pond. Other birds of note were
American Coots,
Common Nighthawks and a good number of
Wood Ducks on Main Ring Lake.
On the way out of the Lab on Thursday I noticed the
flooded buffalo fields, so that was where I went before
owling on Friday. I found a
Black-bellied Plover and both
Lesser Yellowlegs and
Greater Yellowlegs in the flooded
field. Unfortunately, it was getting dark and it's
probable that more birds were foraging in the grasses.
Also, Friday morning produced an
Osprey over Casey's Pond for Rod Walton. Dave Sunday, September 7
Birding was very good early this morning with several
small mixed flocks of migrants in the scrub of the Sparrow Hedge area. These flocks included
Nashville Warblers,
Tennessee Warblers,
American Redstarts, a
Wilson's Warbler, a
Yellow-throated Vireo and a
Swainson's Thrush.
Other birds seen in the area were a
Cooper's Hawk, a
Ruby-throated Hummingbird, a
Brown Thrasher and a
Baltimore Oriole. Things were fairly quiet in most other areas of
the lab until just before I was ready to leave. In one of
the small wood lots in the North Roads area I encountered
a huge flock of warblers, consisting of approx. fifty
birds. This was the largest I had seen in quite awhile,
it included all of the earlier warbler species plus
several
Black-and-white Warblers, a
Magnolia Warbler, a
Cape May Warbler, and the best bird of the day a
Blue-winged Warbler. Other birds of note in the Lab were
Horned Lark,
Indigo Bunting,
American Coot, and
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