[cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Tues 5/17

[Mark Chao]

Here are some highlights from Sapsucker Woods on Tuesday morning.



* A pair of BLUE-HEADED VIREOS close together along the East Trail, near
the green Lucente building.  One of these birds had beautiful intense
colors, with yellow sides and a dark head, while the other appeared only
gray and white.  I saw the duller vireo carrying a fecal sac away, but did
not find the nest.



* Thirteen warbler species, including:



WILSON’S WARBLER (three males along Wilson North – one seen singing
normally by Fuller Wetlands, one seen foraging silently at the same time,
and one singing an atypical two-part song ending in a short smooth trill by
the green pond across the trail from the Sherwood Platform)

BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER (1 M, 1 F along power-line cut and
Hoyt-Pileated Trail, respectively)

BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER (1 M, Hoyt-Pileated)

MAGNOLIA WARBLER (Wilson North, Hoyt-Pileated, and East)

YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER (parking lot)

CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER (at least one vociferously defending territory under
power lines). Thanks to Jay McGowan, who tipped me off about good warbler
diversity on the east side.

BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER (silent M, Hoyt-Pileated)

NORTHERN PARULA (singing alternate multisyllabic song, East Trail)



(I missed Brad’s BAY-BREASTED WARBLER and also a PALM WARBLER found by
Nancy Brooks.  So the warbler species tally today is at least 15.)



* WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW under the power lines on the east side



* PINE SISKIN calling by Lucente building



* A pair of WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCHES at an apparent nest hole in a tall
tree, East Trail



Mark Chao

--

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/

--

[cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Tues 5/17

[Mark Chao]

Miyoko Chu and I made a full circuit of the Wilson Trail in Sapsucker Woods
on Tuesday morning.  We missed several of the more exciting species that
Kevin Ripka found, but we did plainly hear a MOURNING WARBLER singing
several times between the second footbridge and the pond.  In the woods, we
saw the pair of Scarlet Tanagers up close, as well as a few brown birds
following each other across the bend in the trail between the
Wilson/Severinghaus and Wilson/West intersections.  We confirmed one
SWAINSON'S THRUSH and an Ovenbird by sight here.

 

I saw Miyoko off to work and then decided to go to the East Trail quickly to
look for more Swainson's Thrushes.  I found at least two together along the
small pond with the shelter; I saw a few other birds here that I think were
also probably Swainson's Thrushes.  Right around the shelter itself, I found
a fine mixed flock of Blackburnian, Black-throated Green, Magnolia,
Chestnut-sided and Yellow-rumped warblers, plus Common Yellowthroat and
others.

 

Then came the bird of the morning - another Mourning Warbler, in the
honeysuckle under the towering pines between the shelter and the Lucente
service building.  This bird perched up near the top of a shrub right next
to the trail for thirty thrilling seconds, singing and chipping, turning
often for fine views from multiple angles.  It may have been the most
surprising and satisfying warbler sighting I've ever had on the Dryden side
of Sapsucker Woods.

 

Mark Chao


--

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/

--