This was a strange week.  The beginning of the week at Waits River -
Connecticut river confluence produced a Blackpoll and Bay-breasted Warbler,
plus Orioles, Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, a ton of catbirds and some shore
birds to boot. Then everything seemed to move out on Tuesday and Wednesday
all went quiet.... But not really. Every time I wandered out, whether to
Bradford (for Red-bellied Woodpecker) or into the back yard, I seemed to
stumble into something interesting. Just one or two warblers each time.

Back yard warblers added up to:
Common Yellowthroat
Magnolia Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Northern Parula
Blackburnian Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
The last two being back yard firsts.

Yesterday a Sharp-shinned hawk landed at my feet with a freshly caught
robin:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/105596016@N07/21154294931/in/photostream/
<https://www.flickr.com/photos/105596016@N07/21154294931/in/photostream/>

And a little later in a crab apple tree was a bonus bird: Philadelphia
Vireo (another back yard first).

This morning, while waiting for Bill Shepard at Depot Street in Bradford, a
Great Egret flew over and I had reasonable views of an early migrant
Lincoln's Sparrow.

http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S24894525

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/630/21163465905_7e6bc6b7a1_k.jpg

What will tomorrow bring?  Expect the unexpected, it's why we love birding.

Enjoy.

John Sutton
Corinth, Orange Co.,

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