Hitchcock Center & Lawrence Swamp 5/19/2007
i didn't write down the birds, so from my memory.
h's house (heard only)
baltimore oriole
black throated green
carolina wren
"what's that bird singing?"
"which one?"
teakettle teakettle teakettle
"that one."
"which one?"
teakettle teakettle teakettle
"that's teakettle teakettle teakettle."
"right, but what is it.
"oh! that's the carolina wren."
hitchcock center
possible winter wren
canada warbler - male/female
wood thrush -seen/heard
phoebe
pewee - heard/seen
bobolink - song sounds like R2D2
yellow-rumped warbler
american redstart
while we were watching much activity in the trees
"i have a rumper!"
"there's the phoebe again"
"what's that. high up in the tree."
"i keep hearing a bird singing."
"which one?"
"that"
"that's the house wren."
good laughs all around.
lawrence swamp
veery
fox/swamp sparrow - can't remember which
american kestral - male/female - highlight of the day for me. grackle was mobbing female.
beaver
i suppose the highlight of the weekend (aside from the kestrals) was how i woke up sunday morning. We stayed at a hotel in the area. I shared a bed with H's four year old daughter, W. Sleeping soundly, i was awoken by a punch in the face. I saw stars for a moment and then heard a little voice say, 'sorry dru.'
