It's fairly quiet, but I heard and saw a Bay-breasted Warbler foraging in the
tops of the trees where the trail from Sapsucker Woods Road through the power
line cut meets the Hoyt-Pileated Trail (at about 8:30). Earlier I saw what
might be a Gray-cheeked Thrush on the Wilson Trail between the
Working on my back deck in Brooktondale, I just heard my FOY cuckoo.
Sounded like it was coming from the are where Central Chapel meets Burns Rd
(one house closer to Central Chapel than mine). Other birds currently in
hearing:
Bobolinks
Common Yellow Throat
Yellow Warbler
RWBB
Brown Thrasher
I’d like to urge everyone to be certain to submit *any* bird sightings,
specifically from the Hawthorn Orchard and East Ithaca Recreation Way areas, to
eBird.
There’s another resurgence of activity on the part of Cornell University to
develop the East Hill proper; although, development of the
I’ve located and visually verified two different Chestnut-sided Warblers this
spring that were not singing the ‘normal’ song we know and love. Close but off
enough that I was going through Magnolia, Redstart, and Yellow-rump thoughts
before seeing the Chestnut face and/ or sides.
Good stuff on
A Yellow-billed Cuckoo called a few times near our yard in
Brooktondale this afternoon!
Sandy Podulka
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Fellow Birders,
Tuesday several other birders and I saw a REALLY big Indigo
Bunting on the West Side of Seneca Lake. OK, actually it was a
puppet and we were protesting gas storage under the lake. For more
information and photos:
http://www.wearesenecalake.com/nature-lovers/
We
Hi all,
I went to Montezuma NWR this morning, primarily to check out the May's Point
Red-headed Woodpecker spot. I watched a single individual for over an hour as
it called and excavated a cavity at the forked top of a dead tree. Did not see
a second bird. Hope this one can attract a mate.
At
