Subject: RE: Tufted Duck/Red-headed Woodpecker
Date: Mar 2 17:05:05 1997
From: Dale Goble - gobled at uidaho.edu



i have heard of baja oregon but how to describe these locations? the
atlantic northwest?

dale goble


On Sun, 2 Mar 1997, Cathi Pelletier wrote:

> Hi -
>
> My brother Ron & I went out birding this morning (Sunday, 3/2), despite
> heavy fog. Sometimes, you just have to get out of the house!
>
> Near Exit 9 on Route 9 (south), we found a flock of about 12 hen turkeys,
> with a displaying tom turkey. Excellent!
>
> The tufted duck was present at 8 a.m. at North Cove in Old Saybrook, CT
> Also present were a small flock of canvasbacks, mute swan, American crow,
> ruddy duck, bufflehead, northern harrier, red-breasted merganser,
> mourning dove, mallard, common grackle, blue jay, American tree sparrow,
> and SINGING song sparrows, red-winged blackbird, northern cardinals, and
> house finches.
>
> South Cove did not produce any unusual gulls. Present were herring and
> ring-billed gulls, mallard, bufflehead, red- breasted merganser, gadwall,
> American robin, American black duck, and SINGING red-winged blackbirds,
> northern cardinals and song sparrows.
>
> The immature red-headed woodpecker is still present on New Rock Hill Road
> in Wallingford, CT. It was seen in the trees near the platform feeder it
> has been frequenting, in the company of tufted titmouse, black-capped
> chickadee, northern cardinal, dark-eyed junco, northern mockingbird, and
> white-throated sparrow.
>
> Cathi Pelletier, Waterbury, CT Heronwing at juno.com
> "Fall Twilight"
> The drab, dingy wren
> Huddles - bedraggled, drooping,
> Rain drips from feathers
>