[cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Sat 5/22
A few notes and observations from Sapsucker Woods on Saturday: * Today is International Migratory Bird Day (IMBD). From 10 AM to 3 PM, the Lab of Ornithology will be hosting its annual IMBD celebration. This big event, to which many Lab staff and volunteers devote remarkable effort, offers bird walks, nest monitoring walks, and exhibits. As if that were not enough, I believe that the Cayuga Lake Creamery's mobile operations sales cart will be present too. This event is well worth a visit, especially for families. * On a pass on the Wilson Trail North this morning, several others and I found a BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, a couple of BLACKPOLL WARBLERS, and a NORTHERN PARULA, plus the usual breeding species. The parula, which was at the south edge of the main pond, was singing only its alternate multisyllabic song for a while, which set off some discussion about its identity. After our group split up, I stood on the Podell Boardwalk and heard the usual single-syllable parula song a few times from the same edge. * The Northern Waterthrushes that have been present around the main pond for the past three weeks were conspicuously silent (quite possibly absent) today. * Kwang Kim and I saw a singing YELLOW-THROATED VIREO along the Podell Boardwalk. I forgot to mention yesterday that Alicia, Jill, and I heard a BLUE-HEADED VIREO along the Hoyt-Pileated Trail yesterday. This means that yesterday we had a sweep of our common vireo species in the sanctuary (Red-eyed, Warbling, Yellow-throated, Blue-headed, Philadelphia). * The larger of the two Great Blue Heron nests has four big chicks in it. Viewing by scope is excellent from the Wilson Trail North. Mark Chao -- 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] Swainson's Thrush
Susan Danskin and I saw a brief by identifiable look at a Swainson's Thrush in the Hawthorn Orchards on the north side of the woods. Good Birding, Ann Mitchell -- 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] Sedge wren, bairds etc
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 -- 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/ --
