Hawthorn Orchard Update: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Hawthorns today?

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

Hi Laura and everyone,

Yesterday morning, Scott Anthony and I spent a bunch of time there.

Birds were foraging mostly in the flowering pear trees and apple trees. Only a 
very few hawthorns (Crataegus sp.) were visible with blossom buds about to pop. 
Most are still in initial leaf-out stages. With the warm moist weather, we can 
see a burst of activity through the next 2-3 days.

Best birds were: 1 adult male Golden-winged Warbler, 2 Brewster’s Warblers 
(hybrids), 1 Wilson’s Warbler, 1 Yellow-billed Cuckoo (flyby), and a Lincoln’s 
Sparrow.

Also, any recent visits to the Hawthorn Orchard and East Ithaca Recreation Way 
can be found here:

https://ebird.org/hotspot/L122418/activity?yr=all=

Below is our eBird checklist from yesterday with some details noted.

Please conduct and submit an eBird checklist for the official eBird Hotspot 
"Hawthorn Orchard and East Ithaca Rec. Way” should you make a visit, and please 
attempt to submit a “complete checklist."

Hawthorn Orchard and East Ithaca Rec. Way, Tompkins, New York, US
May 16, 2020 9:17 AM - 1:27 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.511 mile(s)
59 species (+2 other taxa)

Canada Goose  2
Mallard  2
Mourning Dove  2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo  1 Flyby in NE corner, by pear tree with mayapples 
growing around it. Bird was sleek, long-tailed, and long winged. Large white 
tail-tip spots, bordered by black interior edging to the outer tail feathers. 
Rust coloration on top of wings.
Killdeer  2
Turkey Vulture  3
Sharp-shinned Hawk  1 Adult. Carrying fresh kill, dropped into Hawthorn 
Orchard to eat.
Red-tailed Hawk  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Hairy Woodpecker  3
Pileated Woodpecker  1 Foraging and calling from dead log on ground along 
West side of fire hydrant clearing at the NW corner of the Hawthorn Orchard 
property.
Least Flycatcher  8
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Eastern Kingbird  1
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  13
American Crow  2
Black-capped Chickadee  5
Tufted Titmouse  2
Tree Swallow  1
Barn Swallow  10
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
House Wren  2
Carolina Wren  3
European Starling  10
Gray Catbird  16
Wood Thrush  6
American Robin  8
House Sparrow  4
Purple Finch  1
American Goldfinch  6
White-crowned Sparrow  1
White-throated Sparrow  8
Savannah Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  4
Lincoln's Sparrow  1 Central portion of Eastern edge, near NE corner, but 
in the Hawthorn Orchard. Dainty, crested-looking sparrow, with delicate 
streaking on buffy sides. Buff malar stripe. Gray face with tiny beady eye. 
Skulking behind branches about 15 feet up. Camera-shy...
Eastern Towhee  2
Bobolink  1
Baltimore Oriole  6
Red-winged Blackbird  6
Brown-headed Cowbird  4
Common Grackle  2
Ovenbird  2
Northern Waterthrush  1
Golden-winged Warbler  1 Adult male seen well, and poorly photographed, 
silently foraging in a blooming pear tree in the NW corner, just East of the 
small white pine grove that is East of the clearing with the fire hydrant. Gray 
body, black throat, black mask, gold-colored wing bars. Associating with clean 
male Blue-winged Warbler and Nashville Warbler.
Blue-winged Warbler  2
Brewster's Warbler (hybrid)  2 Two Brewster’s Warblers. One with a male 
Blue-winged Warbler near interior NW corner. Earlier there was a singing 
“winged” warbler doing a classic high, thin “bzee-dzzt-dzzt-dzzt” song three 
times, in the Northeast corner, moving East toward the hedgerow along the 
softball field outfield. Later, the singing “winged” warbler was heard again 
along the hedgerow and seen well as a Brewster’s Warbler.
Nashville Warbler  4
Common Yellowthroat  4
American Redstart  1
Magnolia Warbler  1
Blackburnian Warbler  1
Yellow Warbler  3
Chestnut-sided Warbler  1
Pine Warbler  1 Singing distantly from Cemetery white pines on other side 
of Mitchell St from Hawthorn Orchard property.
Black-throated Green Warbler  1
Wilson's Warbler  1 Male foraging low along Trail in Northeast corner. 
Non-vocal.
warbler sp. (Parulidae sp.)  8
Northern Cardinal  7
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S69152895

Good birding!!


Sincerely,
Chris T-H


On May 16, 2020, at 8:39 PM, Laura Stenzler 
mailto:l...@cornell.edu>> wrote:

Did anyone bird the Hawthorn orchard today?

Laura

Laura Stenzler
l...@cornell.edu

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Hawthorns Today

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

Bob, et. al.,

I didn’t arrive until later this morning, but the best birding was restricted 
to the oak trees along the North ravine edge. Most birds seem to be feeding 
among the oak leaf clusters. Very few birds were down in the hawthorns, as of 
yet. It was a cold start to the morning, too. I imagine that tomorrow will be 
the first real push of migrants into this area, with favorable conditions 
overnight tonight and possibly tomorrow night as well.

Below is my eBird checklist, with highlights being Philadelphia Vireos, Cliff 
Swallow, Cape May Warblers, Bay-breasted Warblers, Tennessee Warblers, and 
Canada Warbler.

Canada Goose  2
Great Blue Heron  1 Distant circling bird
Turkey Vulture  2
Red-tailed Hawk  2
Herring Gull  1
Mourning Dove  1
Chimney Swift  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker  1
Least Flycatcher  3
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Philadelphia Vireo  3 Foraging in oak trees along North ravine edge.
Red-eyed Vireo  2 Foraging in oak trees along North ravine edge.
Blue Jay  9
American Crow  3
Tree Swallow  4
Barn Swallow  4
Cliff Swallow  1 This was a surprise sighting. Presumed migrant, flying 
well above treetop level, headed ENE.
Black-capped Chickadee  5
Tufted Titmouse  2
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
House Wren  1
Carolina Wren  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
Wood Thrush  2
American Robin  16
Gray Catbird  13
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  11
Tennessee Warbler  3
Nashville Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat  4
American Redstart  1
Cape May Warbler  2 Foraging in oak trees along North ravine edge. Both 
appeared to be females.
Magnolia Warbler  4
Bay-breasted Warbler  2 Foraging in oak trees along North ravine edge. Male 
birds.
Blackburnian Warbler  3
Yellow Warbler  4
Chestnut-sided Warbler  1 Probably a first year bird, plumage was 
predominantly "fall"-type, which was surprising.
Black-throated Blue Warbler  1 Foraging in oak trees along North ravine 
edge. Female.
Black-throated Green Warbler  1 Foraging in oak trees along North ravine 
edge. Male
Canada Warbler  1 Male singing low in hedgerow in Northeast corner.
Song Sparrow  2
Scarlet Tanager  2
Northern Cardinal  7
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1
Indigo Bunting  1 Flyover migrant
Red-winged Blackbird  4
Common Grackle  2
Brown-headed Cowbird  3
Baltimore Oriole  8 Several foraging and singing birds around, including 
visible redetermined migration.
House Finch  2
American Goldfinch  5
House Sparrow  3

Good birding!

Sincerely,
Chris T-H



On May 16, 2017, at 9:51 AM, bob mcguire 
> wrote:

Most of the action in the Hawthorn Orchard this morning was in the NE corner - 
best observed from the edge of the softball field. Birds of most interest 
included:

Black-and-white Warbler 2
Nashville Warbler 2
Mourning Warbler (singing) 1
American Redstart 1
Magnolia Warbler 2
Blackburnian Warbler 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 2
Canada Warbler (singing) 1
Yellow Warbler 4

In addition there were several Wood Thrushes (both calling and singing), Least 
Flycatchers, and a “traill’s” - type flycatcher which never vocalized for me.

As I was leaving I noticed Chris T-Hymes heading into the tangle and now 
eagerly await his report.

Bob McGuire
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