[cayugabirds-l] Monkey Run arrivals
Location: ** Monkey Run--SE loop Observation date: 5/1/10 Notes: Great conditions last night with light south winds. A large number of arrivals at Monkey Run this morning. The biggest surprise by far was a male GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER. WEATHER: 60F. Calm. Mostly cloudy (90% cloud cover). OBSERVERS: Chris Wood and Jessie Barry. Number of species: 58 Canada Goose - Branta canadensis 2 Wood Duck - Aix sponsa 3 Common Merganser - Mergus merganser 2 Ruffed Grouse - Bonasa umbellus 2 Wild Turkey - Meleagris gallopavo 2 Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura 3 Belted Kingfisher - Megaceryle alcyon 3 Red-bellied Woodpecker - Melanerpes carolinus 3 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - Sphyrapicus varius 5 Downy Woodpecker - Picoides pubescens 4 Hairy Woodpecker - Picoides villosus 5 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) - Colaptes auratus [auratus Group] 4 Pileated Woodpecker - Dryocopus pileatus 1 Least Flycatcher - Empidonax minimus 1 Calling; giving whit notes. FOS. Eastern Phoebe - Sayornis phoebe 4 Blue Jay - Cyanocitta cristata 16 Included one pulse of 9 that were high up heading north. American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos 7 Tree Swallow - Tachycineta bicolor 2 Northern Rough-winged Swallow - Stelgidopteryx serripennis 1 Black-capped Chickadee - Poecile atricapillus 14 Tufted Titmouse - Baeolophus bicolor 7 Red-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta canadensis 4 White-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta carolinensis 1 Brown Creeper - Certhia americana 4 House Wren - Troglodytes aedon 10 Winter Wren (Eastern) - Troglodytes troglodytes [hiemalis Group] 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Regulus calendula 3 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Polioptila caerulea 2 Veery - Catharus fuscescens 1 Heard giving thick veer calls. Hermit Thrush - Catharus guttatus 1 Singing from our yard. American Robin - Turdus migratorius 13 Gray Catbird - Dumetella carolinensis 4 Brown Thrasher - Toxostoma rufum 1 European Starling - Sturnus vulgaris 2 Cedar Waxwing - Bombycilla cedrorum 12 Blue-winged Warbler - Vermivora pinus 4 FOS. GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER - Vermivora chrysoptera 1 **Rare. Singing male along the river. It soon flew far to the north into Monkey Run north. If people are interested in looking for it, I suggest checking Monkey Run north. Nashville Warbler - Vermivora ruficapilla 1 Singing on far east side of RR tracks. Yellow Warbler - Dendroica petechia 5 Chestnut-sided Warbler - Dendroica pensylvanica 1 Singing male. FOS. Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) - Dendroica coronata coronata 9 Pine Warbler - Dendroica pinus 11 Ovenbird - Seiurus aurocapilla 9 Arrived in big numbers last night. Common Yellowthroat - Geothlypis trichas 2 Eastern Towhee - Pipilo erythrophthalmus 8 Chipping Sparrow - Spizella passerina 10 Field Sparrow - Spizella pusilla 1 Song Sparrow - Melospiza melodia 14 White-throated Sparrow - Zonotrichia albicollis 13 Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) - Junco hyemalis hyemalis/carolinensis 5 Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis 19 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - Pheucticus ludovicianus 3 Red-winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus 12 Flyovers. Common Grackle - Quiscalus quiscula 3 Flyovers. Brown-headed Cowbird - Molothrus ater 9 Purple Finch (Eastern) - Carpodacus purpureus purpureus 4 Flyovers. House Finch - Carpodacus mexicanus 1 American Goldfinch - Carduelis tristis 11 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) Chris Wood eBird Neotropical Birds Project Leader Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York http://ebird.org http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Monkey Run arrivals
Location: Monkey Run--SE loop (Monkey Run Road to river to 13 and back along RR tracks). Observation date: 4/3/10 Notes: A great day with many new arrivals for me. Lots of birds flying overhead (flickers, robins, blackbirds) but mostly in singles. Highlights included VESPER SPARROW (!!), HERMIT THRUSH, PINE WARBLER (2), EASTERN TOWHEE and CHIPPING SPARROW. Also high counts of YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER (7), YELLOW-SHAFTED FLICKER (14), WINTER WREN (10), SONG SPARROW (31). Number of species: 48 Canada Goose 3 Flyovers. Wood Duck 5 Mallard 7 Common Merganser 4 Ruffed Grouse 3 All drumming. Heard only. Great Blue Heron 5 Flyovers. 3 and 2. Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Adult male hunting. Red-tailed Hawk 1 Killdeer 2 Ring-billed Gull 2 Flyovers. Mourning Dove 3 Belted Kingfisher 3 Red-bellied Woodpecker 3 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 9 7 seen (all adult males). Others heard. Downy Woodpecker 8 Included one high flyover presumed migrant. Hairy Woodpecker 8 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 14 **Fairly high count for here. Mostly flyovers of migrants. 4 calling. Pileated Woodpecker 3 Eastern Phoebe 8 Blue Jay 14 American Crow 10 Tree Swallow 3 Black-capped Chickadee 49 Tufted Titmouse 7 Red-breasted Nuthatch 3 White-breasted Nuthatch 4 Brown Creeper 7 Winter Wren (Eastern) 10 Exact count. None singing. All but one detected by calls. Golden-crowned Kinglet 6 Hermit Thrush 1 Near river. Flushed from trail and gave chup notes. American Robin 73 European Starling 9 Cedar Waxwing 70 Pine Warbler 2 Two singing males. One singing on north side of river, the other in the pine plantation on the northwest side (but still south of the river). First of year for me. Eastern Towhee 1 First of year for me. Chipping Sparrow 1 Along old RR grade. First of year for me. Vesper Sparrow 1 **Near mega for here! This bird was with a group of Song Sparrows along the railroad tracks. I first heard the flight call, and then saw it perched! Fox Sparrow (Red) 2 Both singing. Not seen. Song Sparrow 31 Exact count. White-throated Sparrow 4 Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 12 Northern Cardinal 17 Red-winged Blackbird 12 Rusty Blackbird 1 Flyover calling. Common Grackle 7 Brown-headed Cowbird 18 House Finch 4 American Goldfinch 7 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) Chris Wood eBird Neotropical Birds Project Leader Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York http://ebird.org http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
