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19th October: winter residents flood in, and a county tickThis morning I got to Lake Herrick at dawn, hoping that the freezing weather might have brought in an odd duck. Sadly the only new duck was an extra male Mallard in with the regular flock!  I then joined James in the Botanical Garden. White-throated Sparrows were back en masse, and the beaverpond wetland held 2 each of Song and Swamp Sparrows. I stopped by Herrick again in the more pleasant mid-morning temperatures in search of passerines, and wasn't disappointed. A bright yellow Eastern Palm Warbler was flycatching at the water's edge (the last entry's Quizbird no. 1); up until now I've only been seeing the drab Westerns here.   I also ran into a female Black-throated Blue Warbler (Quizbird no. 2), and ever-growing numbers of Myrtle Warblers. Best of all was a flock of 9 Tree Swallows - another new county bird!  
8:16 PM - Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - post comment
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