Wow-great pictures and videos!! Cynthia Crawford Creature Kinships and Natural Affinities Animal and Nature Paintings, Portraits and Prints www.creaturekinships.com Photos: http://pbase.com/creaturekinships BLOG: http://creature-kinships.blogspot.com/ On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 8:32 PM, Kyle Kittelberger <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > Hey everyone, > > This afternoon, with some nice weather and a little time to kill, I drove > out to Woodstock to search for the Dickcissel that Kyle Jones had reported > this morning (thank you Kyle!). When I arrived at the location, I met up > with George Clark and Ed Hack, who luckily already were looking at the > bird. The Dickcissel was pretty cooperative, allowing for some fantastic > views. It was really neat to watch the bird foraging on the ground, feeding > on the cork kernels. And nothing like observing a Dickcissel, > White-crowned Sparrows, American Tree Sparrows, and Savannah Sparrows all > in the same location, with Horned Larks calling in the background! Here are > some of my digiscoped images and videos of the Dickcissel (in the videos > you can hear us talking about the bird and the weather, lol!). An awesome > bird and experience! > http://www.flickr.com/photos/hawk-eagle/10562547874/in/photostream > http://www.flickr.com/photos/hawk-eagle/10562591175/ > http://www.flickr.com/photos/hawk-eagle/10562655535/ > http://www.flickr.com/photos/hawk-eagle/10562753745/ > http://www.flickr.com/photos/hawk-eagle/10563133173/in/photostream/ > http://www.flickr.com/photos/hawk-eagle/10563062133/in/photostream/ > And a video of the tree sparrow: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/hawk-eagle/10562843066/in/photostream/ > > > Cheers, > Kyle Kittelberger > Dartmouth > > > On Tuesday, October 29, 2013 11:23 AM, Kyle Jones <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > While walking around the Woodstock floodplain near the wastewater > treatment plant, I found a Dickcissel in the hedge under the power line. > The bird was bright yellow on the breast, distinguishing it from just about > anything else that is around now. It was fairly cooperative, giving me > several good, close looks. There is public parking in the area, off Maxham > Meadow Way, and fairly easy access to the hedgerow. I have posted a > digiscoped photo of this bird at > http://www.flickr.com/photos/32929658@N02/10556015914/ > > Kyle Jones > >