Date: 11/2/24 11:30 am From: Maeve Kim <maevekim7...> Subject: Re: [VTBIRD] great three days in Addison County!
That is an excellent idea, Charlie. For some reason, I hadn’t thought of waxwings. Thanks!
Maeve
> On Nov 2, 2024, at 2:10 PM, Charlie Teske <cteske140...> wrote:
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> Cedar waxwings?
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> On Sat, 2 Nov 2024 09:39:34 -0400, Maeve Kim <maevekim7...> wrote:
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> Check out this Trip Report: https://ebird.org/tripreport/289414 > The weather was extraordinary, the birds were amazing and cooperative, I ran into nice people to chat with, I stayed in a great airbnb, and all in all I had a great time.
> One question: I walked twice at DAR State Park. Both times flocks of 12-25 birds flew over, heading west or southwest, too fast for me to get a good look. In the bright sun, they looked truly gold. They were too large for goldfinches and weren’t flying like them. I wondered about Evening Grosbeaks, but that would have been an extremely large number (and no one has reported many on ebird for ages). There were many, many robins around, so I wondered if the morning light was making their red breasts look gold, but I didn’t think they looked right for robins. Any ideas????
> Maeve Kim, Jericho Center
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