I had my second lifer in 2 days, well sort of...
A few years back I had gone for an individual Bohemian Waxwing discovered on Sandy Hook, New Jersey with my bud Tom Reed. He saw the bird, but I only heard it call (distinctive) and saw a bird flying from a perch deeper into the woods that was probably him, but I didn't get a good enough look to feel confident about counting it as a lifer.
Yesterday, while walking to work in the morning (late morning, due to jetlag issues), I heard a cacophony of high trilly notes, waxwing-like, and so I looked up and back a bit from the direction I was heading in, and sure enough...a flock of 40-45 Bohemian Waxwings were perched in the canopy of a tall, leafless tree. If I had my bins, and was diligent, I should have checked the flock for a vagrant Cedar Waxwing :)
Winter flocks around here have also noticeably grew in size and thus simultaneously decreased in numbers (conservation of energy/mass). These consist of mostly Great Tits, then Long-tailed Tits, and a smattering each of Blue Tits, Nuthatches ("Kleiber" in German) and Chaffinches.
Weather is looking great for the coming weekend, so I expect to get out in the field a bit for some real observations; stay tuned!
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