Spring at Shelburne Farms
Today's sightings at Shelburne Farms were filled with some great birds of prey and of particular interest was the possible Northern Harrier. The crows as always are around the prey birds, mobbing, calling, and watching them. An exciting part of my bird walk was identifying my first song sparrow by sound in the wild and after hearing that unique song once, I will never forget it. Additionally, the activities of the tree swallows in the distance were exciting. The weather was high 40˚F with no wind. It was overcast and the ground fully saturated with water from the snowmelt and recent storms. Most of my time was spent along the sugarbush and farm field ecotone which proved to be a great place to see the birds in the open and hear the forest dwelling species.
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雞 (Gallus gallus var. domesticus)觀察者
jnorris2描述
Yellow/orange colored Buff Orpington chicken, possibly smaller though. In portable chicken tractor. Made chatting calls when people came close. Strange occurrence!
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双色樹燕 (Tachycineta bicolor)觀察者
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Large flock of 50-100 birds flying above trees mid afternoon in the distance. Flitting around and swooping in a disorderly fashion. Small -small/medium songbird shape.
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紅頭美洲鷲 (Cathartes aura)觀察者
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Large dark bird, soaring over fields, v-shaped wings
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Two chickadees with dark head and white belly and grey back perched in sugarbush/mixed forest. Come close to people and perch curiously on branch when 'pshed' to. Dee-dee-dee call.
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多毛啄木鳥 (Dryobates villosus)觀察者
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Flying from rotted white and red pine trees, perching on side of trunk. Medium bird, red spot on head, white/black speckled back. Seemed to have decent lengthed beak and possibly larger than a downy from a distance.
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jnorris2描述
Three short note intro to song followed by short segments of unique calls. Loud and perched at edge of hardwood forest by farm field.
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紅尾鵟 (Buteo jamaicensis)觀察者
jnorris2描述
Flying low over farm hay fields, this bird had a pale belly with a red/brown tail and brown back. Medium size bird of prey. Mobbed by crows.
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北鷂 (Circus hudsonius)觀察者
jnorris2描述
White-ish bellied bird perched on ground in hay field. Dark back. When flying it had dark tips on underside of wings and dark tip on tail.
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暗眼燈草鵐 (Junco hyemalis)觀察者
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Sewing machine like trill of junco, loud and even. Did not see this bird but it was in hardwood forest near edge of field.
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