OK, things are officially getting weird around here! Today I had a little time to kill so I birded Eagle Slough and found 2 First Of Year birds. Both of them should not be here for this time of year and both were are February firsts. The photo is of an Eastern Phoebe which normally shows up around the 20th of March. The second bird were 3 Lesser Yellowlegs who normally show up around the end of March. As far as the official 2012 count goes these two are numbers 102 and 103 for the year. In addition they are numbers 92 and 93 for the month of Phebruary. (notice the little pun there?) With temps scheduled for the lower 70's today and a strong cold front coming in later this evening, maybe even more EARLY migrants will get dumped into the Tri-state area, just in time for our weekly bird hike at Howell Wetlands this Saturday. A Phoebe Phebruary! Who'd a thunk!
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