[cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Fri 5/13
Today seems to rival Wednesday as the best day of the season so far for birding in Sapsucker Woods. The collective warbler tally is 17, plus Ovenbird, which somehow I missed today but I assume must be present. As expected, people's finds vary, as luck and coverage have a lot to do each person's results. Here's the running warbler list from the Wilson Trail: Yellow Yellow-rumped MAGNOLIA (7+) BLACK-THROATED BLUE (found by Laurie Ray, missed by me) CHESTNUT-SIDED (3+) BLACKBURNIAN (2+) PRAIRIE (also found by Laurie, missed by me) BAY-BREASTED (2 males together in pine tree at bend in trail between second footbridge and Sherwood Platform; first found by Chris Pelkie) BLACKPOLL (3+, including both Wilson North and small pondside spruces south of feeder garden) BLACK-AND-WHITE (found by Martha Fischer, missed by me) American Redstart (6+) TENNESSEE (probably heard and then later clearly seen near aforementioned bend in Wilson Trail North) NASHVILLE (again Laurie yes, me no) NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH (audible both west and east of Podell Boardwalk; latter bird is territorial around Woodleton) WILSON'S (3+, especially lower branch of Wilson North) CANADA (2+, lower branch of Wilson North) Common Yellowthroat David Gaspari and I also saw a SWAINSON'S THRUSH (probable second passasge-migrant Catharus seen with this bird) and heard countersinging YELLOW-THROATED VIREOS by the shelter at the Severinghaus/Wilson intersection. Mark Chao -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn Orchard Friday
I spent from 6:30 until 9:00 am in the Hawthorns this morning and ran into at least 9 other birders! The morning began quietly, with an occasional Tennessee Warbler song, a few yellows and yellowthroats. By 7 - 7:30 the pace picked up markedly. There seemed to be Tennessee Warblers everywhere. Here are the highlights: GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER in the NE corner, foraging with a Magnolia Warbler and others on the edge of the ravine BAY-BREASTED WARBLER: at least three in one group, and I heard reports of another group of 4 males and 1 female. NE corner TENNESSEE WARBLER X Magnolia Warbler - at least 4, likely more Chestnut-sided Warbler - at least 5 Blackburnian Warbler1 Wilson's Warbler1 Black and White Warbler 1 Canada Warbler 1 Black-throated Blue Warbler (female)1 American Redstart X Yellow Warbler X Common Yellowthroat X YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER 1 There were several Least Flycatchers present giving the chebeck call. The Yellow-bellied never vocalized, but several of us got good enough looks at it to confirm the ID. YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO It first began calling from the north section of the orchard around 9 AM. Bob McGuire -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn Orchard - 5/13/11 (11 Warbler species - Lots of Tennessees - 2 Philly Vireos)
This morning, I met up with Pete Marchetto, and together we slowly made one round through the Hawthorn Orchard. Briefly ran into Kevin Ripka (good to meet you!).With the winds and lack of sunlight early in the AM, the behavior of birds was very different than the previous days. The diversity was low, but the numbers had changed - with drops in some species' numbers and significant rises in other species' numbers. Here's the basic run-down of highlights for us from about 5:45am to 8:00am: 2 Ruby-throated Hummingbirds 2 Least Flycatchers 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 2 Warbling Vireos 2 PHILADELPHIA VIREOS (different plumage variations, one NE corner, one NW corner) ZERO Red-eyed Vireos 8-10 TENNESSEE WARBLERS (both vocal and non-vocal individuals throughout, but mostly concentrated in the NW corner) 1 NASHVILLE WARBLER (these birds seemed to disappear overnight, unless they appeared later in the morning, after we had departed) 10-12 Yellow Warblers 6-8+ CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLERS (clearly multiple individuals in the NW corner today) 6-8 Magnolia Warblers (concentrated in NW corner, but at least 2-3 in other locations) 1 BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER (female, NE corner) 1 BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER (male moved right through the NE corner and into the maples and gone to NE) ZERO Bay-breasted Warblers 1 BLACKPOLL WARBLER (NW corner) 1 Black-and-white Warbler (female mid-North side) 2-3 American Redstarts ZERO Ovenbirds 1 possible heard Mourning Warbler (along West-East hedgerow from NE corner) 10-12 Common Yellowthroats 1 Scarlet Tanager (mid-North) 3-4 Rose-breasted Grosbeaks 1-2 Indigo Buntings (flyovers) 3-4 Baltimore Orioles Good birding! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes TARU Product Line Manager and Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp -- 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn Orchard Friday
There are two birds I need to add to this morning's Hawthorn list. All of the morning's birds were in the NE corner or along the northern edge of the Orchard. I never got out south into the tangle. NASHVILLE WARBLER 2 BALCK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER This guy was foraging in the flowering trees at the edge of the ravine. It was notable because he was singing both the primary and alternate songs in rapid succession. He sang continuously, for over 15 minutes, while foraging. And the song was muted, almost like a whisper song. At first I thought it was two birds, one singing each song. Bob On May 13, 2011, at 9:55 AM, bob mcguire wrote: I spent from 6:30 until 9:00 am in the Hawthorns this morning and ran into at least 9 other birders! The morning began quietly, with an occasional Tennessee Warbler song, a few yellows and yellowthroats. By 7 - 7:30 the pace picked up markedly. There seemed to be Tennessee Warblers everywhere. Here are the highlights: GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER in the NE corner, foraging with a Magnolia Warbler and others on the edge of the ravine BAY-BREASTED WARBLER: at least three in one group, and I heard reports of another group of 4 males and 1 female. NE corner TENNESSEE WARBLER X Magnolia Warbler - at least 4, likely more Chestnut-sided Warbler - at least 5 Blackburnian Warbler1 Wilson's Warbler1 Black and White Warbler 1 Canada Warbler 1 Black-throated Blue Warbler (female)1 American Redstart X Yellow Warbler X Common Yellowthroat X YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER 1 There were several Least Flycatchers present giving the chebeck call. The Yellow-bellied never vocalized, but several of us got good enough looks at it to confirm the ID. YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO It first began calling from the north section of the orchard around 9 AM. Bob McGuire -- 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/ -- -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Photos from Sapsucker Woods Wednesday
Highlights include the Bay-breasted Warbler and some Yellow-rumpeds. http://ebarrientos.smugmug.com/Nature/nature-in-new-york/Spring-Migration-2011/16985144_R7WNqs#1289084151_DVF8xPs Enjoy! Evan B -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] OOB: Point Pelee Birds (pictures)
I just spent the past week or so in Point Pelee National Park in Ontario while waiting for some paperwork to come through from Toronto. I couldn't have picked a better spot to spend that time; though Pelee didn't experience one of it's famous fallouts, the birds were very much there. It just took more effort to find them. I managed to photograph *five* new species of warblers for me, including a couple of life-birds -- a PROTHONOTARY WARBLER and an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER. However, the show-stopper was a gorgeous male CERULEAN WARBLER that fed one entire afternoon at about eye-level. Another life-bird on my final day was a brilliant RED-HEADED WOODPECKER (no good pictures unfortunately). In total, I tallied 24 species of warblers during my time there -- could have been 25, if I hadn't missed a KIRTLAND'S WARBLER by a few minutes. Gallery of images -- http://rramanujan.smugmug.com/Birds/Point-Pelee/17039989_xV3VLM#1290019081_RnDwhVD Raghu -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Railroad Rd., Thursday - Bittern, Black Terns
Hi all, Ton and I were at the far end of Railroad Rd. at 8 pm on Thursday and heard an AMERICAN BITTERN calling, saw 3 MOORHENS, 1 COOT, 1 PIED BILLED GREBE and watched 25+ BLACK TERNS feeding and flying along the water's surface along with hundreds of TREE and BARN SWALLOWS. It was quite amazing! After Railroad Rd., we went over to Marten's Tract where we heard many, many MARSH WRENS singing. This was all part of our 'big day' of birding which started at 4 am and finished at May's Point at 9 pm. Our total for the day was 134 species, including 21 or 22 warbler species. Other highlights included a pair of CANADA WARBLERS, one HOODED WARBLER and several WINTER WRENs along Shindagin Hollow Rd. and two BAY-BREASTED WARBLERS at Sapsucker Woods I'll post a list over the weekend with more details of our route. It was a great day of birding! Some disappointing misses included no cuckoos at all, not ONE indigo bunting, no red-breasted nuthatches, and a miss on cerulean warbler (we got to May's Point too late I'm afraid - but we did pick up a PALM WARBLER there). . Laura Laura Stenzler Lab Manager Evolutionary Biology Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd. Ithaca, New York 14850 Office: (607) 254 2141 Lab: (607) 254 2142 Fax: (607) 254 2486 l...@cornell.edu -Original Message- From: bounce-28218431-8866...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-28218431-8866...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of bob mcguire Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2011 8:36 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Montezuma Today I also birded through Montezuma today, mainly to take some more site photos. There were two items of interest. After checking Tschache and Mays Point Pools for BLACK TERNS (none), I finally ran across two of them at Railroad Road. The gravel road is still flooded, requiring either knee boots or a walk along the RR tracks. The breakwater at Castelli's Marina in Union Springs was host to 13 COMMON TERNS, some of which were banded. Bob McGuire -- 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/ -- -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Friday yard birds
some soft zeeps alerted me to a stunning male BAY-BREASTED WARBLER and MAGNOLIA WARBER feeding quietly side by side in my backyard spruces -- a female BAY-BREAST was nearby. A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER gave at least two rounds of chu-weee calls from a neighbor's yard. A female-type INDIGO BUNTING was also new. Last night I heard a few flight calls just before midnight, including another INDIGO BUNTING and 3 VEERYs. KEN Ken Rosenberg Director of Conservation Science Cornell Lab of Ornithology 607-254-2412 607-342-4594 (cell) k...@cornell.edu -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Yellow-billed Cuckoo on South Hill; Bay-breasted Warblers continue at Hawthorns (late morning)
I birded around home and then walked the off-the-rail-trail-trails below Juniper Drive on South Hill this morning from about 5:30 to 9:00 AM. The highlight was a YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO I spotted at about 7:30. About an hour later on my way back I was about 200 meters from where I saw the cuckoo earlier when I heard soft keeowp calls, but I could not find a cuckoo producing them at first. I did see a rotund lump of Ruffed Grouse in a tree whence the keowping issued. The Grouse eventually took off and the keeowping continued so I circumambulated a bit and finally located the Cuckoo in the same tree that the Grouse had occupied and watched it call for awhile. Warblers were few and far between. I managed a quick glimpse of a Magnolia and a Chestnut-sided and heard a few American Redstarts and Yellow Warblers. In between Cuckoo sightings I climbed up to the high flat knoll that overlooks the second dam (and lower Reservoir). I heard a Scarlet Tanager singing sporadically in the tree-tops up there and watched what looked like two conspecific song birds engaged in a high-speed treetop chase for about 20 minutes. The interaction looked more agonistic than amatory although I am aware that there is a fine line between the two categories of behavior throughout the animal kingdom. There were Red-eyed Vireos singing on territory everywhere in the vicinity this morning and my best guess is I was watching two males of the species arguing over control of the mountain top. When I got home and read about the warbler extravaganzas at the Hawthorns and Sapsucker Woods I felt compelled to my mini-vacation and ducked into the Hawthorns from about 10-11. Besides Larry Hymes and the more common migrants and residents reported by Bob and Chris, I found 1 Blackburnian Warbler, 3-5 Magnolias, and a pair of male Bay-breasted Warblers in two different locations. No YB Cuckoo, Golden-winged Warbler, or Yellow-bellied Flycatcher for me at that hour. Best...Stuart -- 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/ --
