[cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Sat 5/21

Early Saturday morning (6:00 - 7:15), I walked the northern portions of the Wilson Trail in Sapsucker Woods, from the service driveway to the lone bench by the pond. I saw at least one male and one female BAY-BREASTED WARBLER (one male holding, beating, and eventually subduing a probable Common

[cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn Orchard is very birdy

Hawthorn Orchard is very birdy today. TONS Blackpolls, lots Bay-breasted, still Tennessees. -- Chris T-H -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn this morning

Gin I birded in the hawthorn orchard this morning, starting at 7:30am. Some of the notables: --Tenessee warblers singing everywhere, finally got our sights on some in the dense foliage. The best views I had was in the open at the south edge of the woods, looking in from the field. (This is

[cayugabirds-l] CayugaRBA RED-HEADED WOODPECKER Aurora NYS

CayugaRBA RED-HEADED WOODPECKER Aurora NYS 90 Popkar Ridge Rd 1215pm --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm

[cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn Orchard 5/21

Carol I spent a pleasant hour and a half birding at the Hawthorn Orchard this morning. Highlights: Awesome views of a singing Wood Thrush More Blackpolls and Tennessee Warblers than I could keep track of Great looks at a singing Bay-breasted Warbler Many American Redstarts, Red-eyed Vireos,

[cayugabirds-l] more nests

I watched a pair of Great Crested Flycatchers investigating a hollow tree in the orchard this morning. Nearby I found a Hooded Warbler's nest, about 20 off the ground in a low thicket of multiflora rose (no eggs yet). 100 yards into the deeper woods, my neighborhood Broad- winged Hawk is

[cayugabirds-l] Sandpiper Smackdown

Hello all, Today at the Lab, at about 10:30am, there were two SPOTTED SANDPIPERS having an altercation-- stiff wings spread wide, up on their tip-toes, batting and weaving and going at it with their bills, right on the gravel beach of the pond. After one of the sandpipers had been chased into

[cayugabirds-l] Sandpipers

Pectoral sandpiper, Spotted sandpiper, and Dunlin at Myers Point, also a great view of a common merganser and her 11 chicks. -- - Geoff Twardokus -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] Ravens

For the second time in a month, I have seen crows chasing Ravens near my house. They seem to be drifting south from Summerhill. I live in farm country, not the deep woods. An interesting development! Bruce Packard Groton -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

[cayugabirds-l] Marbled Godwit

Hi all, John Bateman and I just had nice looks at a Marbled Godwit flying and calling and heading in the direction of the new shorebird area along the wildlife drive at Montezuma NWR. We are towards the beginning of the drive. Two godwits in two days in upstate NY. Sweet!! Greg Lawrence

[cayugabirds-l] MNWR Marbled Godwit - request for updates

Greg Lawrence reported a MARBLED GODWIT at MNWR flying toward the new shorebird area on Wildlife Dr. Since tomorrow will be Sunday, any updates on the bird would be greatly appreciated. Perhaps it will stick around another day so those that didn't see it the first time can have a

[cayugabirds-l] Red-headed Woodpeckers Aurora

I had the good fortune of meeting up with Bob McGuire, Dave Nutter, Susan Danskin, and others as they were tracking the movement of a Red-headed Woodpecker at the corner of Poplar Ridge Rd. and Rt. 90 in Aurora earlier today (Saturday) around 12:20 p.m. The bird was very active flying back

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sandpiper Smackdown

Hi Caroline, First, Orchard Oriole is a good bird at Sapsucker Woods, although there have been other sightings in recent years -- was this a pair of birds that you encountered? Both Alder and Willow Flycatchers breed in the shrubby areas behind the Ithaca airport, and up towards Lansing and