Seems I was a bit over-hopeful about what birds should be visible in Cape May this time of year; thanks to Patrick for his NJ knowledge! My revised wish list:
1. Sparrow
2. Sparrow
3. Sparrow
4. Another sparrow
5. Yellow-rumped warbler
6. ...Sparrow
7. Still a sparrow
8. Black-throated green....nope, sparrow
9. Sparrow
10. Hey a sparrow!
You get the idea. Especially given this crappy weather. Laura H in NJ was kind enough to send a pre-weekend postcard saying howdy-do and that we should hope for NW winds and a cold snap. I'm not too optimistic.
The other ten on my revised wishlist:
11. Susan Gets Native
12. Birdchick
13. Laura H. in NJ
14. Patrick at Hawk Owl's Nest
15. Lynne at Hasty Brook
16. John the Born-again Birdwatcher
17. Amy, Wildbird on the Fly
18. The spirit of Mary at Mary's View
19. Any raptor, especially at the hawk-banding
20. Sparrow
Who knows? Maybe I'll even see a sparrow! Seriously, there are a few "gimme" birds I have not yet seen, so adding a nice Savannah sparrow or my nemesis, the common yellowthroat (which I've heard but never seen), to the lifelist would ROCK.
I think the most important thing, though, will be meeting all my birding blogger pals--we know so much about each other from reading each other's blogs, but finally meeting in person will be so sweet! It's like hearing that common yellowthroat but still not having seen him; it's just not the same. So it's going to be an action-packed and memorable weekend, hangin' with The Flock!
5 comments:
I think you have a great chance of seeing everything on those lists, maybe even the BT Green.
Just remember, in a post-apocalyptic world overrun by zombies, it might be nice to see a sparrow once in a while.
Patrick--cool! I'll just be happy to be there with other birders.
Splotchy, you're so wise. Let's hope zombies don't eat sparrows.
Down here right now the list would read mourning dove over and over for about a zillion times.
I just noticed that I have two nemeses: the yellow-rumped warbler (in my sidebar) and common yellowthroat (in this post). Oops.
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