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., **************************************************************** To post messages, send e-mail to: [log in to unmask] Set your e-mail application to PLAIN TEXT ONLY to post messages. To contact the list owner: [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------- Web based archives and subscription management are available at: http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/Archives/uv-birders.html ****************************************************************