Yesterday, 21 of us met up at the Hile School Road Wetland in Freeville for about 2 hours in the morning. 25 species were observed. The weather was a bit chilly and overcast, but as the day started to warm up we got some good looks at a number of birds toward the second half of the trip.
Some highlights included seeing two juvenile green herons flying and giving us good looks on a dead tree and in the wetland. We also saw a few adult green herons as well. Wood ducks were a delight to watch from afar, as well as two pileated woodpeckers calling and giving us a show on the woods' edge. Cedar waxwings were abundant.
One of the most exciting parts of the day was observing a mixed flock with a Cape May warbler and a small family of pine warblers. The pine warblers gave us a mystery and a group of us needed to put our heads together to ID the young and adults who were feeding them.
We were joined by a new-to-town Ithaca College freshman (shoutout to Matthew) and local birder and CBC member Anne Clark who birds this location almost every morning. We always love having newcomers and guests on these Thursday morning meetups!
A group of about 12 of us met at The Good Neighbor Grocery in downtown Groton for some coffee and breakfast afterwards.
*If you would like to join us, our next meetup will be on Thursday, August 28 from 7-8:30am at Lime Hollow Nature Center. Because there is summer camp going on there, we will park in the lot on Gracie Rd. From 366 (beyond the office of Lime Hollow) stay to the right and you'll see a parking area to the left. Look for the birders!*
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