Around 7 pm I took a slow walk up and down the dike, east side of the
arboretum, and culvert 2. I was surprised to see a flock of ten late season
Cedar Waxwings. They flew from the arboretum to the dike—I then saw a number
of scattered waxwings along the dike, but I'm assuming they were the same ones.
Others:
1 Bronzed Cowbird1 Green-Tailed Towhee (bathing in the bullfrog pool that is
what remains of "the marsh.")2 Bullocks Orioles1 Ladder Backed Woodpecker5
Chipping Sparrows1 White Crowned Sparrow1 Lesser Goldfinch 1 Northern
Waterthrush (at Culvert 2, likely the same one Joe saw this morning)1 White
Crowned Sparrow
1 unidentified sparrow (looked like Clay-Colored, but it was too shady to make
it out clearly)1 Black Chinned Hummingbird1 Whosis. (Upper foliage, busy,
seemed like a vireo; overall grayish, rather pale eye-ring, faint stripes on
chest. Very faint.)
AND, the best imitation of a yellowthroat I have ever seen, performed by a
piece of colored paper hung up on a twig.
What a lovely day today. I mean in general: even without any birds, I just
loved gazing up at the leaves lightly tossing in the wind.
Cheers,
Bill Wenthe