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| Eastern Kingbird |
Well...it has been a few days of wet weather here, so not much
opportunity to look for birds. But the sky cleared up a bit after
school today so I decided to go up to Trolley Bed Road - and as it seems
to be, I was not disappointed!
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| Eastern Kingbird |
When I got out of the car and walked to the pond, I saw/heard the usual: red-winged
blackbirds, grackles, and starlings. So I decided to turn the corner
and start walking down Trolley Bed Road from Old Sherman Road. As I
started to walk, I saw a woodpecker in a tree BUT it was not as black
and white as are downy and hairy woodpeckers. With a little more
looking,before it flew into the trees across the street), I saw that
it's sides were barred, not plain, and a bit yellowish. I had just seen
a Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker!
I did not see anything new
as I walked down Trolley Bed Road, so on the way back to my car I
decided to try the trail that leads to the Woodbury Reservoir. I only
checked out the pond that but noticed a bird flying around and then landing on a tree to perch. After looking at it a few times as it flew
and perched, I saw that it had a dark head and white on the bottom of
its tail when it perched - a good signal that it is an Eastern
Kingbird. I got some pictures of it but not sure how they came out but
will post them if they are good/decent.
DATA: 4-4:30pm; 74F; partly cloudy; humid; calm
63) Yellow-Bellied Woodpecker
64) Eastern Kingbird
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