Nancy Chen and I enjoyed a nice but brief morning in the East Hill Orchards today. The highlight (for me - Nancy just got back from a month in Florida and was less excited) was prolonged looks at a soaring BLACK VULTURE immediately overhead for several minutes, then drifting off to the west.
Other good birds around included 2 Tennessee Warblers, 1 Blackburnian Warbler, 3 Wilson's Warblers, and an Eastern Wood-Pewee. Full e-bird report below. Good Birding! Chris Dalton [email protected] Ithaca, NY Location: Hawthorn Orchard Observation date: 5/15/10 Notes: Black Vulture seen soaring overhead then drifting to the west. Number of species: 47 Black Vulture 1 Killdeer 3 Ring-billed Gull 1 Rock Pigeon 3 Mourning Dove 5 Chimney Swift 3 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Downy Woodpecker 2 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 Least Flycatcher 8 Red-eyed Vireo 3 Blue Jay 10 American Crow 5 Tree Swallow 3 Black-capped Chickadee 4 Tufted Titmouse 5 White-breasted Nuthatch 2 House Wren 4 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3 Wood Thrush 1 American Robin 10 Gray Catbird 7 European Starling 2 Cedar Waxwing 4 Tennessee Warbler 2 Northern Parula 2 Yellow Warbler 1 Chestnut-sided Warbler 5 Magnolia Warbler 3 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 1 Black-throated Green Warbler 1 Blackburnian Warbler 1 American Redstart 2 Common Yellowthroat 3 Wilson's Warbler 3 Chipping Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 5 Northern Cardinal 8 Red-winged Blackbird 8 Eastern Meadowlark 1 Common Grackle 7 Brown-headed Cowbird 8 Baltimore Oriole 4 House Finch 2 American Goldfinch 5 House Sparrow 2 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/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/ --
