CayugaRBA - Hawthorn Orchard - Pre-rain estimate: same birds and numbers -
30-35 Tennessee Warblers, 3+ Bay-breasted, etc. - Chris T-H
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The boon of boreal birds continues in Sapsucker Woods on Sunday morning,
apparently with a slightly different species mix from yesterday. I birded
first with Jane Graves (6:30-7:00 AM), then John Greenly's SFO group and
Laurie Ray, then the Lab's public morning bird walk led by Jill Vaughan and
I decided to see how many birds I could find at Monkey Run South
today. I walked all the trails on the south side of the river and
spent quite a bit of time watching from the house. I am now up to 98
species (22 warblers). I only added a single species in the last THREE
hours, a Carolina Wren.
In the mid-morning rain I headed to the Wilson Trail and found Laura Stenzler her husband, Ton. By the time the rain let up we were also joined independently by Stuart Krasnoff and Ann Mitchell. The birding was great, especially after we no longer had to keep drying our optics, and especially
Our group of four investigated Park Station, a Chemung County park about 3.5
miles southwest of Arnot Forest. We first stopped at the fishing access on
Laurel Hill Road where two adult Ring-billed Gulls were hanging out in the
parking area. A transitional Common Loon was very actively diving,
Today, 16 diehard SFOers took part in the full-day trip to Arnot Forest.
Arriving at Greensprings Cemetary as the first drizzles started to fall, the
feeders hosted a number of wet rose-breasted grosbeaks (both MF), some
white-crowned sparrows on the ground, and female purple finches for good
The Blue-winged Warbler has been present near the second footbridge for more
than a week, although I haven't heard it sing there. I put a photo of it
bathing in the stream while a female Rose-breasted Grosbeak watches at
https://picasaweb.google.com/KevinJ.McGowan/Birds2011#5606746028382005762.
I birded behind the Ithaca airport again this morning, both before and during
the steady light rain. Pretty different mix of warblers than nearby Sapsucker
Woods, especially as I neither saw nor heard any Blackpoll Warblers, whereas
TENNESSEE WARBLERS were vocal and moving in many spots -- most
