Date: 11/5/24 9:11 pm From: Barbara Volkle <barb620...> Subject: [MASSBIRD] Early Nov -Yellow Rail
Thanks to Strickland Wheelock for this announcement.
Barbara Volkle Northborough,MA <barb620...>
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Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2024 04:30:33 +0000 (UTC) From: Strickland Wheelock <skwheelock...> Subject: Early Nov -Yellow Rai
l This coming Sat 10/9, we are doing a 1-day birding trip to the CT coastline squeezing in Hammonassett Beach SP we Barn Island plus a few rarely birded productive areas. This time of year, one can find some nice surprises in C=T which we discovered talking to this college student who he and friends walked in waders a few coastal marsh ditches - a few of their finds were a Yellow Rail flushed, Sedge Wren up close, Sora, Saltmarsh Sparrows, Virginia Rails, Am Bittern & a host of other quality species just the past few days - think we will pass on the waders but we will cover the same locations.Today's scouting trip with Leslie Bostrom did have several highlights starting with Orange-cr Warbler, Virginia Rail, several Purple Finches, Am Kestral, E Meadowlarks, Saltmarsh Sparrows, close looks at Red-s and Cooper's Hawks, Blk Vultures, Sapsuckers, Am Pipits, Dunlin, many Red-thr Loons, Black & Surf Scoters, etc - in total we found 60 species - goal was how to structure a trip to cover the key areas, show the participants some of CT's easterly top coastal birding locations despite a long drive to & fro - in the process, see many quality species. Strickland Wheelock Uxbridge MA
