Wow - what a day! I left school and after having a hot chocolate sundae with everything at the Dairy Delite here in Woodbury, I went up to Trolley Bed Road. The only drawback was that when I spotted that male yellow warbler, my camera was in the car. When I went back for the camera, the warbler was gone. But tomorrow is another day!
I then went up to Logue's Farm where there was a report last week of a glossy ibis that was 'here today and gone tomorrow'. But one never knows. When I got to the pond on McVeigh Road, I scanned the pond with my binocs and saw lots of male wood ducks but then I saw a sandpiper! So, to the car I went to get the spotting scope and tripod - I learned from that sandpiper on Trolly Bed Road to bring the scope with me - got the scope onto the tripod and started to observe the sandpiper. It was dark on its back, white underneath, had dark legs, and an white eye ring - a SOLITARY SANDPIPER! As I observed the sandpiper, a killdeer flew in so I watched the killdeer for a while through the scope. And I counted 9 male wood ducks and 2 female wood ducks.
When I got home, I was bringing my laptop to our 'great room' where I work at home and saw a female ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK at the hopper feeder.
Then as I started the grill, I heard a CATBIRD and when I went back into the great room, a male RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD was at the hummingbird feeder!
SPRING IS HERE! What a day!
DATA: 4:50-5:03pm; 56F; overcast; calm for Logue's Farm
5:59 pm for grosbeak; 6:03pm for catbird; 6:04 for hummingbird
54) Solitary Sandpiper
55) Rose-Breasted grosbeak - female
56) Catbird
57) Ruby-Throated Hummingbird - male
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