[cayugabirds-l] CayugaRBA - Hawthorn Orchard -
CayugaRBA - Hawthorn Orchard - Pre-rain estimate: same birds and numbers - 30-35 Tennessee Warblers, 3+ Bay-breasted, etc. - Chris T-H -- 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] Sapsucker Woods, Sun 5/15
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 Tom Cowing. Though I had intended also to go into the woods to find Swainson's and Gray-cheeked Thrushes (I feel nearly certain that they're in there today), I ended up never leaving the Wilson Trail North. Rain was posing a bit of a challenge by the time I left at 8:30. The collective warbler species count just on this trail is at least 16, including the following. MOURNING WARBLER (1 singing and chipping rather frequently around second footbridge; eventual excellent views with John's group) MAGNOLIA WARBLER (5+) CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER (5+, including one singing mostly alternate song by second footbridge) BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER (5+; hard to find any spots on trail where song wasn't nearby) BAY-BREASTED WARBLER (1 M and 1 F together at first split in trail; eventual excellent views) BLACKPOLL WARBLER (5+; song as ubiquitous as Blackburnian's) BLUE-WINGED WARBLER (between second footbridge and Sherwood Platform) TENNESSEE WARBLER (1 seen; surprisingly, none heard) NASHVILLE WARBLER (1 heard in Fuller Wetlands by John's group and me) OVENBIRD (brief but dazzling close view shared with Jane at bend in trail after second footbridge; I think this bird was a passage migrant) NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH (north edge of pond; also a probable passage migrant) CANADA WARBLER (1+ heard singing at aforementioned bend in trail; it was very close, but Jane and I somehow managed to miss seeing it) plus the usual abundant Yellow Warblers, Yellow-rumped Warblers (now down in numbers to about 6), American Redstarts, and Common Yellowthroats. Yellow-throated Vireo continues to sing along the south edge of the pond. (Congratulations to Greg Lawrence on his vireo sweep yesterday in Sapsucker Woods, as well as his other impressive finds!) Finally, to add to yesterday's prodigious Tennessee Warbler totals from the Hawthorn Orchard and other locations, I'll note that I also heard this species on Saturday at Tutelo Park and Cass Park in Ithaca. I imagine that one could find them all over town even today. 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] Monkey Run South
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. There are certainly some easier ones like Black-throated Blue Warbler (biggest miss by far--had 6 yesterday, mostly singing too), Louisiana Waterthrush (Ugh!), Yellow-throated Vireo, both cuckoos (unbelievable on an day like this given how much they like to sing in the rain), Great Blue Heron, Winter Wren (not sure they breed on the south side anymore), maybe a White-crowned Sparrow or Field Sparrow. Not to mention raptors and other things that fly overhead; I've only had Red-tailed had Broad-winged Hawk today. Anyway, this is certainly my highest species total at Monkey Run. It is very enjoyable to walk around a relatively small area and see how many birds you can find. As Mark Chao has explained to me, you find more and more every time you go out on the trails even if you are covering the same trails you covered 30 minutes ago. Hopefully the rain will stop by about 6 or so (or at least not be quite so heavy as now). Bird activity was very good through about 1:00pm. The totals below are the highest number of individuals I saw on any one of my several (5) eBird entries for the day. Canada Goose - Branta canadensis10 Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos2 Common Merganser - Mergus merganser 1 Ruffed Grouse - Bonasa umbellus 2 Wild Turkey - Meleagris gallopavo 1 Green Heron - Butorides virescens 2 Broad-winged Hawk - Buteo platypterus 1 Red-tailed Hawk - Buteo jamaicensis 1 American Coot - Fulica americana1 Killdeer - Charadrius vociferus 1 Spotted Sandpiper - Actitis macularius 2 Rock Pigeon - Columba livia 7 Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura4 Eastern Screech-Owl - Megascops asio1 Great Horned Owl - Bubo virginianus 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Archilochus colubris4 Belted Kingfisher - Megaceryle alcyon 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker - Melanerpes carolinus 5 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - Sphyrapicus varius 4 Downy Woodpecker - Picoides pubescens 6 Hairy Woodpecker - Picoides villosus2 Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus 1 Pileated Woodpecker - Dryocopus pileatus1 Eastern Wood-Pewee - Contopus virens1 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - Empidonax flaviventris 2 Willow Flycatcher - Empidonax traillii 1 Least Flycatcher - Empidonax minimus1 Eastern Phoebe - Sayornis phoebe4 Great Crested Flycatcher - Myiarchus crinitus 4 Eastern Kingbird - Tyrannus tyrannus1 Blue-headed Vireo - Vireo solitarius2 Warbling Vireo - Vireo gilvus 2 Philadelphia Vireo - Vireo philadelphicus 1 Red-eyed Vireo - Vireo olivaceus17 Blue Jay - Cyanocitta cristata 14 American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos 6 Northern Rough-winged Swallow - Stelgidopteryx serripennis 10 Tree Swallow - Tachycineta bicolor 6 Bank Swallow - Riparia riparia 35 Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica 1 Black-capped Chickadee - Poecile atricapillus 19 Tufted Titmouse - Baeolophus bicolor10 Red-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta canadensis1 White-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta carolinensis2 Brown Creeper - Certhia americana 3 Carolina Wren - Thryothorus ludovicianus1 House Wren - Troglodytes aedon 9 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Polioptila caerulea 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Regulus calendula1 Veery - Catharus fuscescens 9 Swainson's Thrush - Catharus ustulatus 4 Hermit Thrush - Catharus guttatus 1 Wood Thrush - Hylocichla mustelina 7 American Robin - Turdus migratorius 13 Gray Catbird - Dumetella carolinensis 33 European Starling - Sturnus vulgaris7 Cedar Waxwing - Bombycilla cedrorum 25 Blue-winged Warbler - Vermivora cyanoptera 6 Tennessee Warbler - Oreothlypis peregrina 6 Nashville Warbler - Oreothlypis ruficapilla 1 Yellow Warbler - Dendroica petechia 9 Chestnut-sided Warbler - Dendroica pensylvanica 17 Magnolia Warbler - Dendroica magnolia 11 Cape May Warbler - Dendroica tigrina1 Yellow-rumped Warbler - Dendroica coronata 5 Black-throated Green Warbler - Dendroica virens 1 Blackburnian Warbler - Dendroica fusca 5 Pine Warbler - Dendroica pinus 11 Bay-breasted Warbler - Dendroica castanea 5 Blackpoll Warbler - Dendroica striata 1 Black-and-white Warbler - Mniotilta varia 3 American Redstart - Setophaga ruticilla 21 Ovenbird - Seiurus aurocapilla 8 Northern Waterthrush - Parkesia noveboracensis 1 Mourning Warbler - Oporornis philadelphia 1 Common Yellowthroat - Geothlypis trichas11 Hooded Warbler - Wilsonia citrina 1 Wilson's Warbler - Wilsonia pusilla 1 Canada Warbler - Wilsonia canadensis6 Eastern Towhee - Pipilo erythrophthalmus2 Chipping Sparrow - Spizella passerina 3 Savannah Sparrow - Passerculus
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Sun 5/15
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 from the footbridge over the pond outlet stream, where we saw multiple male and female low BAY-BREASTED WARBLERS, a CANADA WARBLER, BLACKBURNIANs, MAGNOLIAS, AMERICAN REDSTART, and the MOURNING WARBLER (seen by me Stuart, heard by more of us). Closer to the pond from there we heard and saw a wet WILSON'S WARBLER. Along the trail south of the Sherwood Platform we found a high, challenging mixed flock of Vireos including PHILADELPHIA, RED-EYED, and YELLOW-THROATED. In the woods I was fortunate enough to see 2 SWAINSON'S THRUSHES. We also saw pairs of SCARLET TANAGERS. The east trail was relatively quiet for Ann me (the others having sensibly gone home to do chores or more birding when the rain resumed) and I totally respect Mark's decision to stay on the north Wilson's Trail. --Dave NutterOn May 15, 2011, at 06:08 AM, Mark Chao markc...@imt.org wrote: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 Tom Cowing. Though I had intended also to go into the woods to find Swainson’s and Gray-cheeked Thrushes (I feel nearly certain that they’re in there today), I ended up never leaving the Wilson Trail North. Rain was posing a bit of a challenge by the time I left at 8:30.The collective warbler species count just on this trail is at least 16, including the following.MOURNING WARBLER (1 singing and chipping rather frequently around second footbridge; eventual excellent views with John’s group)MAGNOLIA WARBLER (5+)CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER (5+, including one singing mostly alternate song by second footbridge)BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER (5+; hard to find any spots on trail where song wasn’t nearby)BAY-BREASTED WARBLER (1 M and 1 F together at first split in trail; eventual excellent views)BLACKPOLL WARBLER (5+; song as ubiquitous as Blackburnian’s)BLUE-WINGED WARBLER (between second footbridge and Sherwood Platform)TENNESSEE WARBLER (1 seen; surprisingly, none heard)NASHVILLE WARBLER (1 heard in Fuller Wetlands by John’s group and me)OVENBIRD (brief but dazzling close view shared with Jane at bend in trail after second footbridge; I think this bird was a passage migrant)NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH (north edge of pond; also a probable passage migrant)CANADA WARBLER (1+ heard singing at aforementioned bend in trail; it was very close, but Jane and I somehow managed to miss seeing it)plus the usual abundant Yellow Warblers, Yellow-rumped Warblers (now down in numbers to about 6), American Redstarts, and Common Yellowthroats.Yellow-throated Vireo continues to sing along the south edge of the pond. (Congratulations to Greg Lawrence on his “vireo sweep” yesterday in Sapsucker Woods, as well as his other impressive finds!)Finally, to add to yesterday’s prodigious Tennessee Warbler totals from the Hawthorn Orchard and other locations, I’ll note that I also heard this species on Saturday at Tutelo Park and Cass Park in Ithaca. I imagine that one could find them all over town even today.Mark Chao -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! --
[cayugabirds-l] SFO Local Trip to Park Station
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, so we decided to track down the singing Bobolinks in the flood control dam's spillway and had fine looks at them, one landing just 10 yards away in the mowed trail. He joined two others to chase a female. We watched the flap-glide flight of Eastern Meadowlarks and listened to the buzzy songs of Savannah Sparrows. When we returned to the scope, the loon had finally settled down and we were able to enjoy leisurely looks at it. The six White-winged Scoters that had been on the lake, Saturday, had already departed, so Mallards and a passing female Common Merganser were the only other waterfowl. Next, we parked near the main entrance and headed for the woods. Two members of our group were beginners, so we took our time lookikng at birds that afforded good veiws: Chipping Sparrow, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Red-eyed Vireo, Warbling Vireo, Yellow-rumped, Yellow, and Blackburnian Warblers, Eastern Kingbird, and Tree Swallow. Only I got to see the Bay-breasted Warbler foraging in a Red Oak. We also spent time learning how to distinguish vireo, robin, and Scarlet Tanager songs. Early in our walk, we listened to the quiet song of the Philadelphia Vireo, but only a couple of us got fleeting glimpses. Other songs that we spent time on included Black-throated Green Warbler, Ovenbird, and a couple of the many calls in the Red-winged Blackbird repertoire. A Red-shouldered Hawk screamed from the forest as we were walking away from it. Everyone commented on the beauty of the place. Unfortunately we did not have enough time to explore it more. -- Bill Ostrander -- 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] SFO Arnot
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 comparison with the female grosbeaks. Entering the fields we were immediately given good views of wet bobolinks, but thereafter we found only song sparrows, common yellowthroats, and singing yellow warblers. With the rain picking up, we drove a short distance into the woods which afforded some cover; the walkabout turned out to be very productive: eastern towhees, a black-throated blue, chestnut sided warblers, a black and white - each first heard then seen by most (always satisfying to visually confirm an initial audio ID) - red-eyed and philadelphia vireos, more rose-breasted grosbeaks (our bird du jour); singing ovenbirds (mediocre views by some), silent mourning warbler, veery, gray-cheeked or swainson's thrush (refusing to pose for definitive ID). Presently, as the hungry majority headed back towards the cars, a small group stayed behind to see a cape may and black-throated green. Lunch by the little parking area added yellow-bellied sapsucker, fly-by great blue heron and common raven, and singing brown creeper. After lunch, we returned to the cape may spot hoping to refind it, instead we found only more rain, a quiet empty pond, and a canada warbler giving partial fleeting views to only a few. Continuing to the fields, the distant sound of a prairie warbler prompted us to stop to investigate - though when it finally resung later we would debate whether it was a variant field sparrow, as it had a very field-sparrowy quality and seemed to lack buzziness. The fields had plenty of singing field sparrows (one eventually seen from afar); the buzz of a grasshopper sparrow, a singing Nashville warbler possibly seen briefly by one, chipping sparrow, wet eastern bluebirds, wet song sparrows, a very wet northern flicker oddly out of place in a barren tree in the middle of the field. As we drove down into the ravine, a singing louisiana waterthrush prompted our final stop by the creek (naturally the waterthrush stopped singing when we got out of the cars, though it would eventually return). A hermit thrush was seen by some, then the warbler activity picked up: blackburnian views for all, american redstarts singing and seen, more chestnut-sideds (our warbler du jour); also a foggy Empidonax (our only flycatcher, silent thus unidentified), and then a brilliant scarlet tanager clearly seen by almost everyone to cap the day! Returning to the lab an hour short of our scheduled time, we tallied up 59 species which we thought quite respectable given the weather and the fact that the front page of the checklist saw only four checkmarks. Well done to the hardy birders who stuck it out! Suan P.S. Overtime Birding... What? The trip ended an hour early? That just won't cut it for three true diehards, who in spite of the increasing rain headed out for one last Sapsucker Woods circuit to 'pad the stats'. We were able to pick up great views of a canada which also sang, close looks at mourning, bay-breasted, and chestnut sided, tracked the buzzing of blackpoll warblers that never quite gave convincing views until the very end, when a cooperative individual presented itself on the trellis near the feeders - a great end to a great SFO season. -- 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] Sapsucker Woods, Sun 5/15
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. Kevin From: bounce-28905422-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-28905422-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Mark Chao Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2011 9:08 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Sun 5/15 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 Tom Cowing. Though I had intended also to go into the woods to find Swainson's and Gray-cheeked Thrushes (I feel nearly certain that they're in there today), I ended up never leaving the Wilson Trail North. Rain was posing a bit of a challenge by the time I left at 8:30. The collective warbler species count just on this trail is at least 16, including the following. MOURNING WARBLER (1 singing and chipping rather frequently around second footbridge; eventual excellent views with John's group) MAGNOLIA WARBLER (5+) CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER (5+, including one singing mostly alternate song by second footbridge) BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER (5+; hard to find any spots on trail where song wasn't nearby) BAY-BREASTED WARBLER (1 M and 1 F together at first split in trail; eventual excellent views) BLACKPOLL WARBLER (5+; song as ubiquitous as Blackburnian's) BLUE-WINGED WARBLER (between second footbridge and Sherwood Platform) TENNESSEE WARBLER (1 seen; surprisingly, none heard) NASHVILLE WARBLER (1 heard in Fuller Wetlands by John's group and me) OVENBIRD (brief but dazzling close view shared with Jane at bend in trail after second footbridge; I think this bird was a passage migrant) NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH (north edge of pond; also a probable passage migrant) CANADA WARBLER (1+ heard singing at aforementioned bend in trail; it was very close, but Jane and I somehow managed to miss seeing it) plus the usual abundant Yellow Warblers, Yellow-rumped Warblers (now down in numbers to about 6), American Redstarts, and Common Yellowthroats. Yellow-throated Vireo continues to sing along the south edge of the pond. (Congratulations to Greg Lawrence on his vireo sweep yesterday in Sapsucker Woods, as well as his other impressive finds!) Finally, to add to yesterday's prodigious Tennessee Warbler totals from the Hawthorn Orchard and other locations, I'll note that I also heard this species on Saturday at Tutelo Park and Cass Park in Ithaca. I imagine that one could find them all over town even today. Mark Chao -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://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] Sunday Ithaca airport
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 were giving partial songs. RED-EYED VIREOS were also numerous, and I saw BLACKBURNIAN, MAGNOLIA, BLACK-THROATED GREEN, NASHVILLE, many newly arrived CHESTNUT-SIDEDS, and a few YELLOW-RUMPS. Other highlights included 2 singing WILLOW FLYCATCHERS and 1 ALDER FLYCATCHER, a lingering RING-NECKED DUCK, and a nice group of shorebirds on the back pond on Neimi Rd -- 2 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 15 LEAST and 1 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, SPOTTED, and KILLDEER. Last night, I heard my first SWAINSON'S THRUSH flight calls (2), 2 VEERYS, and a SOLITARY SANDPIPER over my house. 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/ --
