Came late to Sapsucker so didn't get that Olive-sided. I can add BAY-BREASTED and, literally 2 minutes ago from this post, I had PHILADELPHIA VIREO, YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER and HOODED WARBLER right out in front of the lab between the conifers and boardwalk.
On May 18, 2011, at 8:33 AM, Mark Chao wrote: > On Wednesday morning in Sapsucker Woods, I found an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER on > a tall dead tree near the lone bench south of the Sherwood Platform. I > watched this bird for about 20 minutes, hoping for a front view, which I > never really got. Presumably soaked from the downpour within the previous > hour, this bird engaged in a few bouts of furious preening. At certain > moments, the bird’s white tufts were invisible. At others, they poked out > along the bird’s sides. Mostly, though, the tufts showed boldly above the > folded wings on the bird’s back. They looked like the eyes on Spider-Man’s > mask. > > Otherwise I found mostly the same species mix along the Wilson Trail as in > recent days. The warbler-watching continues to be very good, with multiple > MAGNOLIA, CHESTNUT-SIDED, BLACKBURNIAN, BLACKPOLL (nice views of both male > and female), CANADA, and migrant NORTHERN WATERTHRUSHES, plus single MOURNING > (probable, heard singing once then chipping), WILSON’S, and BLACK-THROATED > GREEN. Tennessee Warblers are conspicuously absent, maybe because they’re > all joining the throngs at the Hawthorn Orchard. > > YELLOW-THROATED VIREO is still singing along the south edge of the pond. In > the woods, I saw one SWAINSON’S THRUSH, as well as the breeding pair of > SCARLET TANAGERS. The tanagers were together in a small tree near Sally > Sutcliffe’s memorial bench. > > In the early evening on Tuesday, my daughter Francesca and I made yet another > circuit of the Wilson Trail. We saw rather few birds, but did see one > Blackpoll Warbler from Ruth Davis’s arbor and bench south of the building. > This bird, a life sighting for Francesca, was perched completely still in a > pine for several minutes. I thought that we might be able to watch this bird > all the way until sleep or migration takeoff at sundown, but alas, a > SHARP-SHINNED HAWK chose that moment to buzz the east shore of the pond, > setting off a great multispecies chorus of alarm calls, led by ringing > Red-winged Blackbirds everywhere. When we looked back at the pine, the > Blackpoll was gone. > > Mark Chao > > > > > > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- yours, Kevin Ripka www.nepabirdproject.org www.tekbirdr.com leaflittercritters.blogspot.com Ithaca, NY Tompkins Co. Dallas, PA Luzerne Co. -- 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/ --
