May 20, 2005
Playing catch-up
I did a good job of seeing most of the spring migrants before swanning off to Oz. The three outstanding 'regulars' I was missing were Swainson's Thrush, Olive-sided Flycatcher and Western Wood-Pewee. I took care of the Swainson's yesterday morning in the rain, and couldn't believe my luck this morning when Steve Hampton pointed out a Western Wood-Pewee and Olive-sided Flycatcher sitting in the same tree!
While trying to relocate the Olive-sided for Joan, we came across another pewee, which plumage-wise displayed some characteristics of Eastern (entirely orange lower mandible, prominent wing-bars). Unfortunately it didn't call (the only definitive way to tell these two apart), so guess we'll never know...
This Great Horned Owl was keeping a beady eye on us.
