Bandy Field was much quieter today. The only migrant species I found was one Swainson's Thrush. That bird did give me a couple of good looks - enough to clearly see how the pronounced eye-ring on that species gives it a very wide-eyed look compared to Gray-cheeked Thrush, which has a dark eye in a mostly gray face. I'm now pretty sure that yesterday I did see (in addition to hearing) a Gray-cheeked.
There was good evidence that our summer residents are well-advanced in the business of rearing their families. I've seen adult Pine Warblers, Cardinals and Brown Thrashers feeding young over the past few days.
I hope those of you who dropped by Bandy today expecting a warbler extravaganza based on my earlier posts weren't too disappointed today. It was a nice day, and the Cedar Waxwings, Cardinals and Robins gorging on mulberries were still pretty entertaining.
Lewis -- Lewis Barnett -- http://www.mathcs.richmond.edu/~lbarnett/ You are subscribed to VA-Richmond-General. To unsubscribe, send email to va-richmond-general-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. To adjust other settings (vacation, digest, etc.) please visit, //www.freelists.org/list/va-richmond-general.
