Albatrossity2
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Strong southerly winds yesterday, and a cold front with northerly winds that came through overnight, made me hopeful that I would see some stalled migrant birds when I went out this morning. Not too many of those, at least in the spots where I went, however. I did find Swainson's Thrush, flocks of Yellow-rumped Warblers, and about 50 American Avocets, all waiting for the wind to shift back 180 degrees again.
There were quite a few new arrivals, but mostly birds that will be here all summer. Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Indigo Bunting, Red-eyed and Warbling Vireos, Eastern and Western Kingbirds, Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Prothonotary Warbler, and Blue-gray Gnatcatcher.
And plenty of Northern Parulas!
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Flesh of the sky, child of the sky, the mind
Has been obligated from the beginning
To create an ordered universe
As the only possible proof of its own inheritance.
- Pattiann Rogers
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