Birds at Pennfield and St. George

Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 21:05:43 -0300
From: icameron NBNature Listserv
Subject: Birds at Pennfield and St George

(Paid) a visit today to the Ducks Unlimited trail at St George. On the way we stopped off at Pennfield to look for BROWN THRASHERS. This was always a reliable site for the species, but in the last year or so much of the dense scrub that was so attractive to the thrashers has been destroyed. Despite this, we found one that was vocalizing on one of the few remaining large trees.

At the DU trail in St George, we heard SORA and PIED-BILLED GREBES and flushed a VIRGINIA RAIL, a species that (for me at any rate) is mor often seen than heard. A MERLIN was making periodic sorties over the marsh. The trail on the other side of the main road was vocal with many NORTHERN WATERTHRUSHES, a WARBLING VIREO  and a GRAY CATBIRD. On the way back, we visited the blueberry barrens behind Pennfield to look for Upland Sandpipers, but they eithe hadn't returned yet, or maybe had been put off by the enormous fire-breathing monster truck that was burning the barrens.

Photo Credit: brown thrasher, Wikipedia.com

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