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35 Weathersfield - Walking with Insectivores

7/26/2012

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The morning of June 17th started out with the best of intentions, but the second
town on my hit list - Weathersfield - threw me a spanner.  I selected the
outflow meadow below the Stoughton Pond dam as my birding area; but instead of
spending 20-30 minutes birding there, I was there for 2 hours.


Insectivores were everywhere that morning.  Flycatchers, Swallows,
Warblers, Vireos, and even a Hummingbird and a Bluebird came into range of my
binoculars.  The nest boxes in the meadow were very busy, and I had many objects
of my avian affection try to drive me off as I walked down the trail. 


This particular meadow did not suffer badly from last summer's devastating
floods, but the stream channel below showed signs of a major battle between the
water and the land.  Trees downed, a bridge out, and a reconstructed road all
bore witness to nature's destructive power when the sluice is opened
fully.

My checklist:
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (male)
Eastern
Bluebird
Eastern Wood Pee-wee
Eastern Phoebe
Least Flycatcher

Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Cedar Waxwing
Red-eyed
Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Common Raven
American Crow
Blue Jay

Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Downy Woodpecker
Ovenbird

American Redstart
Pine Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Common
Yellowthroat
Black-throated Green Warbler
Gray Catbird
American
Robin
Veery
Mourning Dove
Northern Cardinal
Song Sparrow

American Goldfinch
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