For a second time this month, today I found an Orange-crowned and
Nashville warbler foraging together. They were in second growth scrub
behind the Norwich Racquet Club, off Rt. 5 near Fogg's Hardware. I
first saw the Nashville, then the Orange-crowned, and I watched both
forage side by side in the same willow for ~2 minutes. It's likely pure
coincidence that the only two Orange-crowneds I've seen this fall were
associating closely with Nashvilles, but it has been striking both times.
Highlights of birds seen here and around the Coop gardens:
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
American Robin 8
Orange-crowned Warbler 1
Nashville Warbler 1
Palm Warbler (Yellow) 2
Chipping Sparrow 6
Song Sparrow 8
Lincoln's Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 8
White-crowned Sparrow 1
Pine Siskin 2 calling in flight
View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S20252635
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Chris Rimmer
Vermont Center for Ecostudies
P.O. Box 420
Norwich, VT 05055
802-649-1431 ext. 1
www.vtecostudies.org