Decided to go for a morning walk through the Hawthorn orchards hoping to find some new arrivals from last night's apparent big movement. Plenty of RC Kinglets and Blue-Gray Gnatcatchers and #foy4me Brown Thrashers (very vocal and giving great looks), but nothing new until a loud fweep and some preets from a Great-Crested Flycatcher. Also singing in the woods was a #foy4me Wood Thrush.
Along the southern "beltway" were two empids foraging silently. At one point they had a micro-tussle where they chattered briefly, but even then they stubbornly refused to sing their identity. At one point, a foraging chickadee was vocalizing nasally like a gnatcatcher as it moved along, trying to confuse me. Final highlight was a meadowlark singing as I left. No warblers found (except the occasional curve balls from the brown thrasher). Trails are very muddy, muck boots a must if you plan to go anywhere other than the "beltway" path connecting to the recway. Suan _____________________ http://suan-yong.com -- 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/ --
