I was out of town for Thanksgiving and got back Friday. But between the rain and work I couldn't get out to bird the neighborhood until this afternoon. It was nice to be out in the cold overcast weather, and it's starting to feel like winter birding again! I walked 1-2 blocks from my house before I saw or heard a single bird. But walking down Stillforest I came across 2 fun mixed species foraging flocks including several birds that are only here in the winter:
Continuing down to the T&C playing fields at the end of Meadowheath, I crossed the new footbridge into the flood plain property. There I found
Yellow-rumped Warblers, a
Northern Flicker, 4
Greater Yellowlegs on the creek, and the biggest flock of
Chipping Sparrows I've ever seen in the neighborhood. I estimated 40 birds, all on the ground near the new trailhead parking lot.
I was out of town for Thanksgiving and got back Friday. But between the rain and work I couldn't get out to bird the neighborhood until this afternoon. It was nice to be out in the cold overcast weather, and it's starting to feel like winter birding again! I walked 1-2 blocks from my house before I saw or heard a single bird. But walking down Stillforest I came across 2 fun mixed species foraging flocks including several birds that are only here in the winter:
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