Nature Done Wright

Rob reports:
   This evening I found a Dickcissel at the Celery Farm near the Greenway
entrance.
   I first saw the bird fly from right to left where it landed
in the hedgerow for some nice looks. I lost it for a while but it was
relocated about 20 minutes later (by several observers) this time on
the right.
    The bird looked just like the adult female pictured in
Sibley with a nice amount of yellow on the breast and face along w/ the
reddish wing patch.
    This is my first ever sighting for the
CF!–and is one of only a handful of records overall. I know of only
one other definite "on the ground" record.
  (More on Dickcissels here.)
      Sept. 18 has been a special day at the CF before.       Previous birds on 9/18 were:
      2001– CF’s first Red-necked Phalarope (which lingered for 3 days)
      2002–CF’s first and only Western Kingbird, along w/ my first CF Connecticut Warbler.
     Earlier in the evening I watched a PEREGRINE FALCON soaring low over
Phair’s Pond/Greenway–my first of the year at CF and only about my 4th
or 5th sighting for CF.

Good Fall Birding!
-Rob