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It's officially winterI walked the lower half of Cook's Trail this morning before tomorrow's forecast bad weather puts it back underwater. Relative to the astonishing events of the last week, it felt pretty dead. Non-Myrtle Warblers were few and far between, while sparrow numbers are on the rise. This is one of 7 Swamp Sparrows I recorded this morning. I had double-figure counts of Winter Wren (including one singing bird), Golden-crowned Kinglet and Northern Flickers.  The Oxbow Lake has yet to attract any wintering waterfowl, but the fall colours were outstanding.  Several Wood Ducks were lurking in the weeds.  On the way back I encountered two Blue-headed Vireos - such great-looking birds!  The second bird was keeping company with a rather late White-eyed Vireo.  In some ways it was a relief to have a quiet day - from a work perspective I've certainly been birding on borrowed time! 7:04 PM - Thursday, October 22, 2009 - post comment
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