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Saw my first Scarlet Tanager of the year today. One of my favorite birds. Many moons ago, I was privileged to see several pairs together at Willy's Lake.......hasn't happened since.Anybody else seeing any ?
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Saw my first Scarlet Tanager of the year today. One of my favorite birds. Many moons ago, I was privileged to see several pairs together at Willy's Lake.......hasn't happened since.
Anybody else seeing any ?--"Pete You***?!, Pete You***'s grandson?!...That name is nearly sacred & uttered with awe in THIS house!" : The late Dr. Reed's wife, upon entering her house & being introduced- so to converse with her husband about the old days, a little before he died. The kind of greeting you'll never forget & reinforces your image of the hero you never met. -- -
Saw one last fall in Scotia at a picnic, people there were trying to convince me it was an Oriole, but the coloring was too reddish and widespread. It was difficult to see clearly, as it was atop a large catalpa, but I know what I saw. Beautiful bird....Sometimes I think better with my head in the clouds... -
I saw 2 male and 1 female S. Tanagers today, along with B. Oriole, Blackburnian warbler, Yellow Rumped Warblers, Marsh and Winter wrens, Ovenbirds, Green Heron, and a few bitterns. The weather today made the birds quite active.
-Kev"To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering" -Aldo LeopoldComment
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WOW ! Now THAT'S quite a day !Originally posted by KevynJJ 
--"Pete You***?!, Pete You***'s grandson?!...That name is nearly sacred & uttered with awe in THIS house!" : The late Dr. Reed's wife, upon entering her house & being introduced- so to converse with her husband about the old days, a little before he died. The kind of greeting you'll never forget & reinforces your image of the hero you never met. --Comment
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My parents had an indigo bunting at their house the other day. And though everyone thinks we're crazy, my dad and I saw a pair of painted buntings (not native to the ADKS) back in the late 80s. We weren't really into birding then, so we didn't know you could report things like that. My cousin, who is a bird fanatic and was involved in the Audobon Society, hit the roof when we told him what we'd seen, though it was some ten years after the fact. I am positive of what the bird was though--nothing else has that array of colors.Comment
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Storms, such as hurricanes, bring a lot of neat birds to the area. Mid-summer 2 years ago there was a Scissor-tailed flycatcher in Keene Valley; they are native to Texas.Originally posted by Gray Ghost
-Kev"To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering" -Aldo LeopoldComment
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We live just below the Blue Line, a few years ago we had an Indigo Bunting in our yard for a few days. Definitely was an Indigo Bunting. No doubt."The way I see it, you're hooked.Trout have you. Another soul lost." Elias Wonder, The Earth is Enough by Harry MiddletonComment
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Was at 13th Lake over the weekend and saw my first scarlet tanager of teh season - It was absolutley brilliant and spectacular.Rick
The measure of your ignorance is your belief in tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the end of the universe, the master calls the butterfly...
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for the birds
no scarlets but last weekend i was up on hurricane mt. and saw a black-throated blue warbler. he was flyin alond side the trail. also a few black and white warblers as well. yesterday i was driving from blue ledge out past northcreek, saw a few oven birds on teh trail and on the way down the road there was a common snipe jsut standing in my way. it was pretty neat but he didnt feel liek moving at all. i had to get out of the jeep and walk up to him untill he flew away! Here all ive read always says how shy those things are haha. also have noticed all the canada geese now have their goslings . she was out showing them off yesterday on the shore. Im not so great with identifying birds either , just really starting to learn them all! Oh and if anyone knows, teh other day i was driving and a bird flew out in front of me while i was driving. he was all black except for his body which was white. it was a littel bit smaller than a red wing black bird but am not sure what it is. any one have any guesses? - Wiley
oh and i have a pair of hooded messengers hanign around up at the lake, there are usally a good number of tehm in the fall , but this is the first ive seen them here around this time. they are beautiful and hope they stay!
"It's not where your from, it's where your at."Comment
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Kingbird maybe?Originally posted by AdkWiley
I hiked St Regis yesterday and saw dozens of black-throated green warblers, a few black-throated blues, one ovenbird, heard a few winter wrens, and a lot of Red-eyed vireos.
The path was like walking through a sea of Trout Lillys! it was nice. Quite a few painted and red trilliums too.
-Kev"To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering" -Aldo LeopoldComment
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[QUOTE=KevynJJ]Kingbird maybe?
- it looked kinda liek a king bird but its back was all white as well"It's not where your from, it's where your at."Comment
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What was the habitat type that you were going through? I'm not sure what it may have been. My only other guess is a Bobolink, which would be possible if you were triving through grassy meadows.
-Kev"To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering" -Aldo LeopoldComment
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hmm ill have to look that one up, coudl be in there were some medows near by!"It's not where your from, it's where your at."Comment
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OFF TOPIC: Anybody know how to keep @#%*#@ English Sparrows out of my Bluebird houses ?
Persistant l'il SOBs.--"Pete You***?!, Pete You***'s grandson?!...That name is nearly sacred & uttered with awe in THIS house!" : The late Dr. Reed's wife, upon entering her house & being introduced- so to converse with her husband about the old days, a little before he died. The kind of greeting you'll never forget & reinforces your image of the hero you never met. --Comment
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Don't leave the key under the door!!!Originally posted by pondhopper
"If future generations are to remember us with gratitude rather than contempt, we must leave them more than the miracles of technology. We must leave them a glimpse of the world as it was in the beginning, not just after we got through with it." Lyndon B. JohnsonComment
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