Late this morning Reuben & I met and birded around Treman Marina, and again there were both species of oriole singing. We saw a male BALTIMORE ORIOLE where the grass path makes a 90° left turn as you walk out toward the lake. After Reuben had to leave I saw a singing male ORCHARD ORIOLE in the top of the northwestern-most Cottonwoods in the Hog Hole swamp. In the tops of tall Willows and Cottonwoods in a couple parts of the park were also BLACK-AND-WHITE, YELLOW, PALM, and YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, and BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHERS. It was challenging to scope tiny birds among the Cottonwood flowers so high, but this is just the beginning of warblering. Only the Willows have any leaves yet.
Also of note: * One OSPREY is apparently incubating on the platform nest in the middle of the field while a second perched above; * An adult BALD EAGLE perched overlooking the Inlet; * A male and female NORTHERN FLICKER stood in the grass facing each other with bills held high. They danced slightly from side to side so as to see and be seen extremely well with each eye. My SFO group saw similar behavior at Long Point SP on Saturday between 2 males, an encounter which eventually ended in aerial combat and a chase. --Dave Nutter > On Apr 25, 2017, at 12:11 AM, Dave Nutter <nutter.d...@me.com> wrote: > > Reuben Stoltzfus found both BALTIMORE & ORCHARD ORIOLE at Allan H Treman > State Marine Park on Monday morning, 24 April. > --Dave Nutter > -- 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/ --
