Sorry for the late post about this weekend's birding. On Saturday,
there were 2 CAPE MAY WARBLERS in the Norway spruces in my backyard
in NE Ithaca, adding to the large number of records this fall (and
last spring) - these were joined by a BLUE-HEADED VIREO, a
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, and sev. RED-BREASETED NUTHATCHES (residents)
for a mini-boreal show.
On Sunday morning I birded several spots around Myer's Point, behind
the Ithaca airport, and Stewart Park, scanning the lake and sky and
hitting as many chickadee flocks as I could find. Although migrants
were generally scarce, I managed to find 10 warbler and 4 vireo
species - the highlight was a large mixed flock on Mohawk Rd. about
halfway between Snyder and Neimi Rds, with 3 PHILADELPHIA VIREOS, 2
TENNESSEE, 1 NASHVILLE, 1 NORTHERN PARULA, 1 BLACK-THROATED BLUE, and
1 MAGNOLIA WARBLER.
Another highlight was the large flight of migrating BLUE JAYS coming
over all morning in their typically loose, linear flocks - in 2 hours
at and near Myer's Point, I counted 510 BLUE JAYS, including a flock
of 100+ that circled up like a spiral of smoke and took off over
Cayuga Lake in a southwesterly direction. Pretty cool,
good birding,
KEN
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Ken Rosenberg
Director, Conservation Science Program
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
159 Sapsucker Woods Rd,
Ithaca, NY 14850
(607) 254-2412
k...@cornell.edu
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