The first week of the big fall migration month of September has now come to an end and I have so far run across 126 species (which is around average for me for the first week). I have mainly concentrated on warblers and have probably missed other species I could have gotten if I visited other habitats. Overall the weather has been mainly sunny with cool (to even cold) mornings that warmed up nicely, giving the week a typical fall feel. I have had a number of unusual species for the first week including Sandhill Crane, Sanderling, Sedge Wren and Mourning Warbler. Unfortunately I aggravated my most recent back injury again and I will have to keep my walking on mainly level areas. This should not be too much of an issue in the fall. Looking forward to seeing what the rest of the month brings as fall migration peaks. A big miss to end the week for me was a Sabine's Gull that Ted found midday at Winsor Dam today. The bird flew out with a group of Ring billed Gulls and was not seen again by anyone despite a valiant effort. This is only the second county record ever for the species and only the second inland record ever in the state...a truly rare bird and another tough one to miss.
The game cameras continue to impress at the house and I have captured stuff both at the water feature and along Jabish Brook. The water feature has featured several species of birds plus a few mammals. The camera along the brook produced a new mammal with what appears to be a Short tailed Weasel...video attached below. The family of Raccoons also continued and put on quite a show one night with lots of chasing, playing and fighting. I have linked multiple videos below:
Short tailed Weasel video
Raccoon videos:
weasel is a cool find. I get them very occasionally on my game cameras but not often
ReplyDeleteIt is! My first on the cams
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