CAYUGA BIRD CLUB FIELD TRIP REPORT: Eight eager birders joined me searching for migrants through the Hawthorn Orchard today (Sunday, May 14). Improving weather made for active birds and comfortable participants. Overall, warblers were scarce but we saw or heard a good number of species including both year-round residents and migratory songbirds (ebird list below). Early arrivers saw chimney swifts and barn swallows over the fields and heard an eastern meadowlark. Entering the woods at the Northeast corner we found NASHVILLE and WILSON’S WARBLER singing. All participants got good looks at the Wilson’s, but the Nashville was only seen by a few. Along the trail above the ravine we heard multiple LEAST FLYCATCHERS (or one that followed us), but they remained hidden from view. The resident WOOD THRUSHES did not grace us with their melodies, but one announced its presence through calls. A dead tree adjacent to the trail housed a pair of nesting red-bellied woodpeckers and below them in the ravine were a singing AMERICAN REDSTART and a YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER. The northwest corner as we approached the East Ithaca Recreation way gave us a female ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, EASTERN PHOEBES and GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHERS. Although we seem to have missed the big push of migrants, all participants had a pleasant morning and most plan to visit the orchard again this week.
Ken Kemphues Hawthorn Orchard and East Ithaca Rec. Way, Tompkins, New York, US May 14, 2017 7:37 AM - 10:12 AM Protocol: Traveling 0.8 mile(s) Comments: Cayuga Bird Club field trip led by Ken Kemphues. 38 species Canada Goose 2 Mallard 3 Turkey Vulture 2 Mourning Dove 4 Chimney Swift 2 Flying overhead before participants arrived. Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Downy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 2 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Least Flycatcher 3 Eastern Phoebe 3 Great Crested Flycatcher 2 Blue Jay 4 American Crow 4 Barn Swallow 4 Black-capped Chickadee 3 Tufted Titmouse 2 White-breasted Nuthatch 3 House Wren 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Wood Thrush 1 American Robin 16 Gray Catbird 6 European Starling 15 Nashville Warbler 1 Heard Common Yellowthroat 2 American Redstart 1 Yellow Warbler 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 Wilson's Warbler 1 Song Sparrow 10 Northern Cardinal 6 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 Red-winged Blackbird 10 Eastern Meadowlark 1 Heard Baltimore Oriole 3 American Goldfinch 6 House Sparrow 10 View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S36834759 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) -- 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/ --
