September 2011 Grand Vue

Many moons since my last post so here is a catch up for the month of September. I walked Grand Vue at least one time each week this month. Indigo buntings, towhees, cardinals, red tailed hawks were common sightings. Flickers are in abundance every week. I see as many as 20 birds within a 50 yard radius. Blue birds did well this year. Three of the boxes fledged young multiple times. Also today I saw song and field sparrows, Downy, Hairy, Pileated Woodpeckers, Jays, carolina wrens, cedar waxwings in large numbers, and other relatively commoners.
My ipad has been a great birding tool. Though a bit big it has everything at my fingertips.

The best birds today were oven bird, yellow billed cuckoo, and an other warbler that I saw briefly but did not identify. My best guess is a blue winged warbler. The eye stripe was the best field mark. The i-pad audio helped with the cuckoo ID. We called back and forth and he stayed low and in the open. I did not get a response from the warbler which makes me question the identification. It was a nice, sunny, 75 degree day.