Two pesky TENNESSEE WARBLERS singing in our neighbors' yards foiled my
honest but admittedly vulnerable intentions to stay behind my desk all
Monday morning.
So I went to Sapsucker Woods, of course. Practically the first bird I saw
was an exquisite YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER at eye level
Radar images early this morning suggested fallout conditions
in the southern tier of NY. There were fairly heavy radar bird echoes
across PA with much less returns in NY...especially
north of Binghamton. A cold front dropped south last night
and migrants eventually encountered northerly winds
I stopped by Myers Park around noon today to check the spit between
rain showers. There were 6 LEAST SANDPIPERS, and 1 SEMIPALMATED PLOVER
working along the shore. Just before I left, I spotted a single
FORSTER'S TERN winging its way north up the far shore.
Bob McGuire
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Cayugabirds-L
New Arrivals - Week of 5/9 - 5/16
5/10 - TENNESSEE WARBLER - Phillips Point (Oneida Lake)
5/10 - WILSON’S WARBLER - Gully Road (Skaneateles)
5/11 - CAPE MAY WARBLER - ErieCanal (Fayetteville) and Sunset Bay (Lake Ontario)
5/11 - LINCOLN’S SPARROW - Erie Canal Fayetteville
5/11 - BLACKPOLL -
Was at shorebird spot on wildlife drive, flew toward Mays. Will try to
relocate. David Wheeler
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Cayugabirds-L List Info:
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES
The bird flew in to the new shorebird area near the turn on Wildlife Drive, it
was there for a while, then flew toward Mays Pt pool. I watched it in the
scope and thought it dropped into Mays along the far side (near the thruway).
I then checked Benning, Tschache, and Mays Pt with no
I finished the day doing the loop in the sw side. I added Wood Duck
(99), Great Blue Heron (100), Ring-billed Gull (101) and finally
Black-throated Blue Warbler to end at 102. Hoped for cuckoos never
vocalized.
Chris Wood
Ithaca, New York
http://ebird.org
On May 15, 2011, at 4:25 PM, Christopher
