Date: 10/24/24 3:11 pm
From: Jodi Morris <mjodimorris...>
Subject: Re: DEVIL’S DEN IN FALL BIRDS AND COLORS
Thank you for the report! Heading that way in just a few days.

On Thu, Oct 24, 2024 at 4:45 PM Joseph Neal <
<0000078cbd583d7c-dmarc-request...> wrote:

> Despite record setting high temps for mid-October ...
> Despite drought ...
> Despite political onslaught of an upcoming election ...
> Despite all that …
> And snug deep in the eternity of the Boston Mountains …
> And in such timelessness impervious to all despites …
> Devil’s Den State Park!
> Very colorful fall leaf-wise and full of fall migrant birds.
> I pushed all that “despite” stuff out of the way today and spent the
> morning trying to turn falling Red Maple leaves into male Summer Tanagers.
> That didn’t work out, but nevertheless a lot did work.
> eBird submission: *https://ebird.org/checklist/S200120030
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> It was a sign of good things to come when not 1, not 2, but 3
> Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers perched on a tree, side-by-side. Two disappeared,
> but one hung there on the side, outlined by a blue fall sky, and the
> vastness of Ozark National Forest rolling maybe endlessly behind.
> Another good sign: at least 10, and probably more, Yellow-rumped Warblers,
> on the ground under a brilliant red-and-green-and yellow Sweetgum, covered
> with ripe, seed-filled balls. Hanging on the balls – American Goldfinches,
> knocking out seed on the ground to the yellow-rumps.
> Working together. Something worth learning from –
> And now finally, on my way out: a small flock of Dark-eyed Juncos.
>
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