Date: 2/11/25 6:27 pm From: James Pike via groups.io <jimpike444...> Subject: [OrangeCountyBirding] Mile Square Park
A flock of about 150 Brown-headed Cowbirds (predominantly females) was a new presence on the NW side of the park. A first-year Neotropic continued from 27 Jan with the diminished numbers of Double-cresteds at the NE corner at the lake. This bird with a whitened foreneck and underparts similar to the first-year Double-cresteds it roosts with on the island was joined by another first-year Neotropic doppelganger on 30 Jan. Twenty Violet-green Swallows and one Cliff Swallow flying above the lake were the first I've seen.
