Started the morning with a barred owl flying down the middle of the road in front of me.  He must have had a good upbringing because he was obeying the speed limit.   He veered off to the left and perched on a branch a few feet in from the road. 

Once I got back to the Sugarbush trail, Carolina wrens and titmouse were carrying on quite loudly. attracting chickadees, nuthatches, downy and red bellied woodpeckers, catbird, blue jays and song sparrows.  In this crowd a yellow colored warbler emerged which turned out to be a young Wilson's warbler.

On the front loop of the pet trail (Goldenrod trail) a Canada warbler with faint necklace and a yellow throated vireo responded to the constant chip notes  of a brown thrasher.  Also in that mob was a towhee, a great crested flycatcher, song sparrow and cardinals.   Neither time could I figure out was bothering the birds. 

Other birds seen:
red eyed vireo
solitary sandpiper
summer tanager

I was so glad the park had left a few dead trees on the goldenrod trail area since the birds used those trees to perch and made it so much easier to enjoy the view. 

Bob McNulty

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