Pinewood
New York correspondent
A sign of the autumnal migration
Hello all,
It would appear that I forgot to mention last week's sighting of a great blue heron, at the point, on the Lake. They turn up fairly often, but not regularly.
This week, I briefly saw a yellow bird, which I took as a warbler, maybe it was a yellow warbler, but I could not guarantee that identification.
Last week, I was at the eastern end of Turtle Pond, when a woman, in charge of six seven-year olds, climbed over a low fence and look up a tree. I asked a tall fellow nearby, at what was she looking. He replied, "She's looking at a bird, something like a penguin." :eek!: Without climbing over the fence, I spotted a black crowned night heron, up the tree. Usually, the night herons stay in the shaded shallows, if the water is warm, but they do perch in trees. Today, I saw one, sitting on some branches, but it was only inches above the Lake.
I am still seeing eastern kingbirds, over and near Turtle Pond. Yesterday, I saw three kingbirds, in a tree, at the Belvedere, which overlooks the Pond. I think that I may have seen one, over the Lake, today. Near Turtle Pond, is the Great Lawn, over which barn swallows fly.
Today, my two good birds were a downy woodpecker and a cedar waxwing. For the last few days, I have been seeing a family of Canada Geese: two adults and two goslings. People may thing they are charming, but I generally do not give much attention to Canada geese. If you closely, you might notice turtles swimming in the Lake.
The photograph was taken with an iPod Touch. The other images were painted by Louis Agassiz Fuertes.
Happy bird watching,
Arthur :scribe:
Hello all,
It would appear that I forgot to mention last week's sighting of a great blue heron, at the point, on the Lake. They turn up fairly often, but not regularly.
This week, I briefly saw a yellow bird, which I took as a warbler, maybe it was a yellow warbler, but I could not guarantee that identification.
Last week, I was at the eastern end of Turtle Pond, when a woman, in charge of six seven-year olds, climbed over a low fence and look up a tree. I asked a tall fellow nearby, at what was she looking. He replied, "She's looking at a bird, something like a penguin." :eek!: Without climbing over the fence, I spotted a black crowned night heron, up the tree. Usually, the night herons stay in the shaded shallows, if the water is warm, but they do perch in trees. Today, I saw one, sitting on some branches, but it was only inches above the Lake.
I am still seeing eastern kingbirds, over and near Turtle Pond. Yesterday, I saw three kingbirds, in a tree, at the Belvedere, which overlooks the Pond. I think that I may have seen one, over the Lake, today. Near Turtle Pond, is the Great Lawn, over which barn swallows fly.
Today, my two good birds were a downy woodpecker and a cedar waxwing. For the last few days, I have been seeing a family of Canada Geese: two adults and two goslings. People may thing they are charming, but I generally do not give much attention to Canada geese. If you closely, you might notice turtles swimming in the Lake.
The photograph was taken with an iPod Touch. The other images were painted by Louis Agassiz Fuertes.
Happy bird watching,
Arthur :scribe: