Hi all, I was planning on taking a walk on East Ithaca recreation way till Game Farm Road, but at the last moment decided, I will go to Hawthorn. So I entered from North-western side, where there was a PILEATED WOODPECKER banging on tree and making his presence known.
Then I came across a chickadee flock with one warbler in it that went too fast, just gave me some glimpses, but based on the glimpses I think it was a Chestnut-sided Warbler. Then somewhere in the middle of the orchard, I came across a bunch of birds, mostly lots of Robins feeding on some fruits, but in that group there were some other birds. One I think was Nashville and the other Black-throated Green warbler and two American Redstarts, two female type Scarlet Tanagers, who seemed to be nervous of my presence, one Empindonax, two Hairy Woodpeckers and a Red-bellied Woodpecker. I searched for more birds in the flock, so followed birds round and round to come up with same birds that went around me and then I got lost as to where I was. Hawthorn Orchard in this season is very different with lots of overgrown stuff and deer paths are not visible or do not exist anymore. So I spent next 15 minutes to figure out where I was as I could hear the Cornell female Foot Ball match was going on in the ball field. Finally I landed where I had entered in to the woods and the birds were still there! Then I did some grocery shopping at P and C and walked back via tennis court and ball field. On the way back out I found a PALM WARBLER bobbing its tail very vigorously. It seemed to have taken bath in the puddle nearby, was drying its wings and bobbing. Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ -- 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/ --
