Date: 5/8/25 11:40 am From: Sandy Berger <sndbrgr...> Subject: The Bottoms
I could sit out here all day today. It’s incredibly beautiful. The clouds
are so puffy and there’s a nice western wind and thermals galore.
I’m sitting on East Arnold in Crawford County. There are Swainson’s Hawks
and Mississippi Kites thermalling overhead. Thermalling is my new made up
word. Dickcissels are screeching and a few shorebirds are resting alongside
the flooding oxbow.
I had 52 species on Sharp Chapel earlier. It was incredible. There were
very few shorebirds. But there were Bobolinks and there were Willow
Flycatchers. And that’s just fine with me.
Sunnymede had 58 species in the fog from 7 to 8 this morning. Best bird was
a calling Olive-sided Flycatcher. Still whiffing on the “fancy warblers”.
We will be having a field trip to Shepherd Springs and Cartwright Mt Road
this Saturday.
More info to come.
