The Dodge Road spruces were active again this morning, especially as the sun hit them mid-morning. BLUE-WINGED WARBLER - 2, one singing NASHVILLE WARBLER - 3 Yellow Warbler - 7 MAGNOLIA WARBLER - 1 CAPE MAY WARBLER - 5, several singing Yellow-rumped Warbler - 40+ Black-throated Green Warbler - 3 BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER - 1 PRAIRIE WARBLER - 1, singing PALM WARBLER - 2 BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER - 1 American Redstart - 2 Common Yellowthroat - 4
YELLOW-THROATED VIREO - 1 Baltimore Oriole - 2 Wood Thrush - 1 Eastern Kingbird - 1 And last night around 7:45 I saw a BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER at the same spot, rather an odd bird for a spruce plantation. Jay McGowan Ithaca, NY On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 10:58 AM, Mark Chao <markc...@imt.org> wrote: > On Thursday morning, having found nothing at all unusual on a quick circuit > of the Wilson Trail in Sapsucker Woods, I decided to visit the Dodge Road > spruce plantation. Today's birding confirmed my sense that this is the > best > place in the area for sojourning migrants waiting out headwinds. Along the > east-facing edge, I found Tom and Ruth Nix, as well as a prodigious mixed > flock. > > * 1 silent male BAY-BREASTED WARBLER seen momentarily but clearly and > conclusively > * 1 male CAPE MAY WARBLER, incessantly singing for the first five minutes > after my arrival, confirmed by sight, but not heard or seen afterward > * 1 PRAIRIE WARBLER that I heard singing dozens of times but failed to see, > despite much effort > * 3+ PALM WARBLERS > * 1 singing BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, just barely seen > * 50+ YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS -- very conspicuous, unlike all the other > warbler species > * 2+ YELLOW WARBLERS > * 3+ NASHVILLE WARBLERS > * 1 silent male BLUE-WINGED WARBLER > * 1 female or subadult AMERICAN REDSTART > > Tom and Ruth also found a BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER that I failed to detect > conclusively. Viewing was very difficult because of the steep sight angles > and the dense spruce branches. > > Many other birds were also here along the edge, including an EASTERN > KINGBIRD, a few RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES, and a WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW > singing > across the road in the brush. > > Mark Chao > > > > -- > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology jw...@cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
