A few notes and observations from Sapsucker Woods on Saturday: * Today is International Migratory Bird Day (IMBD). From 10 AM to 3 PM, the Lab of Ornithology will be hosting its annual IMBD celebration. This big event, to which many Lab staff and volunteers devote remarkable effort, offers bird walks, nest monitoring walks, and exhibits. As if that were not enough, I believe that the Cayuga Lake Creamery's mobile operations sales cart will be present too. This event is well worth a visit, especially for families.
* On a pass on the Wilson Trail North this morning, several others and I found a BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, a couple of BLACKPOLL WARBLERS, and a NORTHERN PARULA, plus the usual breeding species. The parula, which was at the south edge of the main pond, was singing only its alternate multisyllabic song for a while, which set off some discussion about its identity. After our group split up, I stood on the Podell Boardwalk and heard the usual single-syllable parula song a few times from the same edge. * The Northern Waterthrushes that have been present around the main pond for the past three weeks were conspicuously silent (quite possibly absent) today. * Kwang Kim and I saw a singing YELLOW-THROATED VIREO along the Podell Boardwalk. I forgot to mention yesterday that Alicia, Jill, and I heard a BLUE-HEADED VIREO along the Hoyt-Pileated Trail yesterday. This means that yesterday we had a sweep of our common vireo species in the sanctuary (Red-eyed, Warbling, Yellow-throated, Blue-headed, Philadelphia). * The larger of the two Great Blue Heron nests has four big chicks in it. Viewing by scope is excellent from the Wilson Trail North. Mark Chao -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
