Chirps and Cheeps

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  Migration - the Next Phase

Published: October 30, 2019
Tags: Migration, swainson's thrush, common raven, black-throated blue warbler, red-eyed vireo, yellow-bellied sapsucker, ruby-crowned kinglet, gray-cheeked thrush, wilson's snipe, merlin, brown creeper, eastern towhee, cackling goose, northern shoveler, snow goose, american pipit, magnolia warbler

The last few weeks brought in a few more groups of migrants - numbers of kinglets, different thrushes, later warblers, raptors are on the move, and now geese and ducks are beginning to re-enter the region.  It's a big time of change and a rewarding time to be out looking!

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A Swainson's Thrush at Woodlawn

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Three Common Ravens at Woodlawn Beach. I'm seeing more Common Ravens these days - I think they must move around in fall and spring. It's something I'll have to look into.

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Female Black-throated Blue Warbler with a berry.

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A Red-eyed Vireo. This species nests here in WNY but will be leaving for his wintering grounds soon.

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A rather "ratty" looking young Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

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Ruby-crowned Kinglet

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Gray-cheeked Thrush

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Several Wilson's Snipe were in a farm field near Beaver Meadow

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A Merlin on a windy day down at Sturgeon Point

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Brown Creepers are coming through too

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An Eastern Towhee taking advantage of some wild grapes

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A couple of Cackling Geese in Wyoming County were a nice surprise

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A pair of Northern Shovelers in Langford

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A zoomed-in view of two Snow Geese (one white and one blue) amidst a large flock of hundreds of Canada Geese

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An American Pipit in a farm field

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A very late Magnolia Warbler seems reluctant to leave WNY




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