Date: 5/14/26 3:20 pm From: 'Kurk Dorsey' via NHBirds <nhbirds...> Subject: [NHBirds] Durham birds before the rain
Birders
I got out to two locations this morning and had a nice find in each. At the Woodridge playing fields, I had a flyover American Bittern, which turned left as it got over the partially flooded field at West Foss Farm, where Ted Bradhsaw had one a couple years back. Also had a spotted sandpiper in the park's small beaver pond, which was much lower yesterday ( I expect that the beaver has taken a vacation in Canada, since it was there over the weekend).
I then got dropped off at the entrance to Oyster River Forest on Packers Falls Road and walked the trail through to College Woods and Mill Road. The highlight there was an early Olive-sided Flycatcher. Also had a Solitary Sandpiper on the river bank. All told I had 17 warblers, but none were especially rare for mid-May.
