Bob, et. al., I didn’t arrive until later this morning, but the best birding was restricted to the oak trees along the North ravine edge. Most birds seem to be feeding among the oak leaf clusters. Very few birds were down in the hawthorns, as of yet. It was a cold start to the morning, too. I imagine that tomorrow will be the first real push of migrants into this area, with favorable conditions overnight tonight and possibly tomorrow night as well.
Below is my eBird checklist, with highlights being Philadelphia Vireos, Cliff Swallow, Cape May Warblers, Bay-breasted Warblers, Tennessee Warblers, and Canada Warbler. Canada Goose 2 Great Blue Heron 1 Distant circling bird Turkey Vulture 2 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Herring Gull 1 Mourning Dove 1 Chimney Swift 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Downy Woodpecker 1 Least Flycatcher 3 Great Crested Flycatcher 1 Philadelphia Vireo 3 Foraging in oak trees along North ravine edge. Red-eyed Vireo 2 Foraging in oak trees along North ravine edge. Blue Jay 9 American Crow 3 Tree Swallow 4 Barn Swallow 4 Cliff Swallow 1 This was a surprise sighting. Presumed migrant, flying well above treetop level, headed ENE. Black-capped Chickadee 5 Tufted Titmouse 2 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 House Wren 1 Carolina Wren 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Wood Thrush 2 American Robin 16 Gray Catbird 13 Northern Mockingbird 1 European Starling 11 Tennessee Warbler 3 Nashville Warbler 1 Common Yellowthroat 4 American Redstart 1 Cape May Warbler 2 Foraging in oak trees along North ravine edge. Both appeared to be females. Magnolia Warbler 4 Bay-breasted Warbler 2 Foraging in oak trees along North ravine edge. Male birds. Blackburnian Warbler 3 Yellow Warbler 4 Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 Probably a first year bird, plumage was predominantly "fall"-type, which was surprising. Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 Foraging in oak trees along North ravine edge. Female. Black-throated Green Warbler 1 Foraging in oak trees along North ravine edge. Male Canada Warbler 1 Male singing low in hedgerow in Northeast corner. Song Sparrow 2 Scarlet Tanager 2 Northern Cardinal 7 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 Indigo Bunting 1 Flyover migrant Red-winged Blackbird 4 Common Grackle 2 Brown-headed Cowbird 3 Baltimore Oriole 8 Several foraging and singing birds around, including visible redetermined migration. House Finch 2 American Goldfinch 5 House Sparrow 3 Good birding! Sincerely, Chris T-H On May 16, 2017, at 9:51 AM, bob mcguire <bmcgu...@clarityconnect.com<mailto:bmcgu...@clarityconnect.com>> wrote: Most of the action in the Hawthorn Orchard this morning was in the NE corner - best observed from the edge of the softball field. Birds of most interest included: Black-and-white Warbler 2 Nashville Warbler 2 Mourning Warbler (singing) 1 American Redstart 1 Magnolia Warbler 2 Blackburnian Warbler 1 Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 Black-throated Green Warbler 2 Canada Warbler (singing) 1 Yellow Warbler 4 In addition there were several Wood Thrushes (both calling and singing), Least Flycatchers, and a “traill’s” - type flycatcher which never vocalized for me. As I was leaving I noticed Chris T-Hymes heading into the tangle and now eagerly await his report. Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME<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/ -- -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418<tel:607-254-2418> M: 607-351-5740<tel:607-351-5740> F: 607-254-1132<tel:607-254-1132> http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp -- 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/ --
