Early Winter Birds
Fall Migrants Mix with Winter Birds
A rare, but not unheard of find in mid-October was a pair of cardinals feeding a single late season fledgling. The youngster is now coming to the feeder on his own, along with Dark-eyed Juncos, both White-crowned and White-throated sparrows. Last week, our first Fox Sparrow arrived.
Wilson's Warbler by Jeff Kingery
The surprise sighting, however, was a very late Wilson’s Warbler that hung around last week for three days. Occasionally, first year migrants travel in the wrong direction upon leaving their nesting territories. They are always in for a tough winter. Many don’t survive. The Wilson’s was a young bird, and it was a full six weeks later than previous fall sightings. We can only hope that mild weather held it up and that it didn’t get here by heading in the wrong direction from a breeding site in the northwest.
May 12th, 2010 at 10:19 pm
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Fall Migrants Mix with Winter Birds
A rare, but not unheard of find in mid-October was a pair of cardinals feeding a single late season fledgling…..