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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0038_01C8BF05.300932B0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Just to add to what James wrote. I thought the field trip was great = compared to other years. It was the first time we did not have to shiver = in the cold, drizzly weather! For me, the Veery and the N. Waterthrush = was a treat! I would have liked to see the waterthrush on a branch = properly... And the beautiful Blackburian warbler we saw several times. = Thanks for the great job as a group leader.=20 Cheers, liz Thank you to all who attended the outing. You were all wonderful. The = trip total was around 52 species which is down by 8-18 species. Of note = there were fewer warblers than normal and no flycatchers at all. Hermit = thrushes which are usually at every nook and cranny were all but vacant. = Another scarce bird this year in the area is the winter wren. We heard = one today, but it did not come out. All but one had great looks at two = northern waterthrushes. We spotted blackburnian warblers at quite a few = different locations and thanks to the keen ears and eyes of one birder a = pair of broad-winged hawks were a treat. Other raptors observed were = sharp-shinned hawk, red-tailed hawk and bald eagle. =20 =20 Chestnut-sided warblers are really scarce this year and yellow warblers = and common yellowthroats appear to be down in numbers in this area. = These are my own personal observations, so others may notice = differently. =20 Swallows are also way down in this area so far. =20 The real surprise is the number of shorebirds about. With what we saw = at Port L'Herbert yesterday and in additon 15 more least sandpipers that = I saw in a flyby there, and what was on Crescent Beach today there seems = to be something strange going on. Today at Crescent Beach we observed = 17 black-bellied plovers, two semi-palmated sandpipers, a greater = yellowlegs, a least sandpiper and a dunlin. I've not listed the normal = shorebirds that we would expect to see there, just the ones which should = not be here at all now. =20 James R. Hirtle Dublin Shore ------=_NextPart_000_0038_01C8BF05.300932B0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <STYLE>.hmmessage P { PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: = 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } BODY.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma } </STYLE> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.6000.16640" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY class=3Dhmmessage bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3>Just to add to what James wrote. = I thought=20 the field trip was great compared to other years. It was the first time = we did=20 not have to shiver in the cold, drizzly weather! For me, the = Veery=20 and the N. Waterthrush was a treat! I would have liked to see=20 the waterthrush on a branch properly... And the = beautiful=20 Blackburian warbler we saw several times. Thanks for the = great job as=20 a group leader. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3>Cheers, liz</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3>Thank you to all who attended the = outing. You=20 were all wonderful. The trip total was around 52 species which is = down by=20 8-18 species. Of note there were fewer warblers than normal and no = flycatchers at all. Hermit thrushes which are usually at every = nook and=20 cranny were all but vacant. Another scarce bird this year in the = area is=20 the winter wren. We heard one today, but it did not come = out. All=20 but one had great looks at two northern waterthrushes. We spotted=20 blackburnian warblers at quite a few different locations and thanks to = the keen=20 ears and eyes of one birder a pair of broad-winged hawks were a = treat. =20 Other raptors observed were sharp-shinned hawk, red-tailed hawk and bald = eagle. <BR> <BR>Chestnut-sided warblers are really scarce = this year=20 and yellow warblers and common yellowthroats appear to be down in = numbers in=20 this area. These are my own personal observations, so others may = notice=20 differently.<BR> <BR>Swallows are also way down in this area so=20 far.<BR> <BR>The real surprise is the number of shorebirds = about. =20 With what we saw at Port L'Herbert yesterday and in additon 15 more = least=20 sandpipers that I saw in a flyby there, and what was on Crescent Beach = today=20 there seems to be something strange going on. Today at Crescent = Beach we=20 observed 17 black-bellied plovers, two semi-palmated sandpipers, a = greater=20 yellowlegs, a least sandpiper and a dunlin. I've not listed the = normal=20 shorebirds that we would expect to see there, just the ones which should = not be=20 here at all now.<BR> <BR>James R. Hirtle<BR>Dublin Shore</FONT><A = href=3D""=20 target=3D_new></A></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0038_01C8BF05.300932B0--
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