Hi all,
Went down to Ithaca this morning to lead bird walks for the Migration
Celebration at the Cornell Lab of Orbithology. Before the walks, highlights
included:
-Fish Crow
-Yellow-billed Cuckoo
-Yellow-throated Vireo
-Nice looks at a Pileated woodpecker
-Blackpolls and a few more common Warblers.
During the bird walks at Sapsucker Woods our highlights were:
-the Great Blue Herons on the nest
-Veery and Wood Thrush
-Scarlet Tanager
-Nashville, Wilson's, Blackpoll, Chestnut-sided and American Redstart among the
more common warblers.
-great looks at a Sapsucker
-Great Crested Flycatchers that did everything except give us a good look
-Many Cedar Waxwings
-Grosbeaks and Orioles
Later in the evening we headed up to Montezuma. The pool at the refuge visitors
center had many Shorebirds including Solitary, yellowlegs, least, pectoral,
white-rumped, spotted and the highlight was a nice Baird's Sandpiper which was
a nice surprise. Many Eagles on the wildlife drive along with Cerulean Warbler.
Knox-Marsellus Marsh was good with more Shorebirds that included the same as
the visitors center pool along with Dunlin and sanderling (!). Many Herons were
present along with a few Great Egrets. We also had GW teal, gadwall, shoveler,
wood duck and Trumpeter Swan. However, we were surprised when we heard a Sedge
Wren sing from the grass in front of the overlook at Knox-Marsellus. If sang a
few times and then flew into the grass a little ways down the hill towards the
marsh. Very cool bird. A first for me in Seneca County. Got home and unloaded
the car to the tune of night calls of warblers and thrushes and even a
Yellow-billed Cuckoo.
A great day of birding and a great day at the Migration Celebration which was a
spectacular event.
Sent from my iPod
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