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Birding Reports => Backyard Birding => Topic started by: Dinusaur on May 17, 2020, 06:06:07 PM

Title: Three New Yard Birds
Post by: Dinusaur on May 17, 2020, 06:06:07 PM

After spending half a day cycling around Tommy Thompson Park looking for, in vain, yesterday's sighting of a Yellow-breasted Chat I came home and saw a pair of Scarlet Tanager on the backyard cherry trees. First for the backyard. And the story doesn't end there. As I kept looking at them through the second floor window, a Blue-headed Vireo showed up and shortly afterwards a Swainson's Thrush - three new birds for the backyard. Not a bad day after all.
1. Scarlet Tanager
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2. Blue-headed Vireo
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3. Swainson's Thrush
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Title: Re: Three New Yard Birds
Post by: Dinusaur on May 17, 2020, 06:18:18 PM

Actually four new yard birds - I forgot about the Great-crested Flycatcher.
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Title: Re: Three New Yard Birds
Post by: Ally on May 17, 2020, 06:27:12 PM

Wow, lucky you! I think I'm finally losing my beginner's luck, not only lost the competition of the number of Rose breasted Grosbeaks at the feeder, even when I do have cute birds in the yard, it would either be cloudy, windy, rainy or snowy... :x  :x

Title: Re: Three New Yard Birds
Post by: Shortsighted on May 18, 2020, 07:57:35 AM

Everything evens out eventually ... it's called entropy. First Ally strikes a rich vein of avian action
and now Dinu is having a turn at running the avian equivalent of Jurassic Park (even though it should
have been named Cretaceous Park) but the fun ultimately spreads so thin and wide that almost no one
will have a field day. Fortunately, Dinu, you had the sense to mine your fabulous cherry tree instead of
searching the expanse of TTP for a chat. When the pickings are good at home, why stray.