Ashbridges Bay - Influx of Hermits

[nkwali]

Spent a couple of hours at Ashbridges Bay this morning.
It was seeming to be another quiet morning when I was inundated by hermit thrushes.
I counted 21 moving through the trees by the fence line at the marina and another half dozen moving through at the bird feeders.

[mr.sharp-photo]

i was there at 3 PM. still some hermit thrush remnants. i'd suggest about a dozen. maybe more.
only a few yr warblers. LOTS of ruby crowned kinglets.
three male eastern towhees (2 observed, one heard).
yb sapsucker
and the usual guys you see at Ashbridges.
so still pretty slow on arrivals

i should also add that Old Smokey, the grumpy-assed male red-winged blackbird, appears to be back. He's at his position on the eastern corner. look for him sitting only 6 ft or so off the ground.  then walk off the path unless you want him to fly in your face and hiss at you and scare the shit out of you

[Walter Fisher]

It was the same at Rosetta McClain Gardens, there were Hermit Thrushes everywhere!  I've never seen so many before.

Walter

[Rotarran]

Any Foxes still at either of these parks?  Fox Sparrows that is

[Walter Fisher]

Hey Elias,

Yes, there was one present yesterday along the eastside fence at Rosetta.  He was in and out of neighbouring backyards and under the big evergreens, not always easy to see.

Walter

[Rotarran]

Thanks Walter, found a couple at Ashbridges bay.  Lots of Hermits too, as reported by others.  Also a nice Brown Thrasher.