lol, what a story you tell. You did very well indeed then if you had blurred vision. The birds are very clear. I really wish I had a good camera, I'd use it all the time.

Maybe you're seeing so many because of the climate. It's been so icy cold there and suddenly it sounds as if it's quite hot for this time of the year, so they could be on the move early.

I was looking at the temp. in Ithaca N.Y. before and it was 84F and even in my climate, that's pretty warm. The BR bird was just standing perched on the hot railing in the middle of buildings. Wouldn't be much breeze up there.

Keep the camera ready and take lots of pics!