Hi, I had my biggest species total of the year so far at Stewart Park this morning with a lot of waterfowl and landbird diversity. Of particular interest were singing RUSTY BLACKBIRDS, an OSPREY, one male BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD (confirmed visually--a lot of the starlings here imitate Cowbirds!), a JUNCO, and two RED-BELLIED WOODPECKERS. AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES have also arrived after being absent in the park for almost the entire winter.
Stewart Park, Tompkins, US-NY Mar 30, 2011 8:15 AM - 9:15 AM Protocol: Traveling 0.5 mile(s) 48 species Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 120 Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) 2 Gadwall (Anas strepera) 1 American Wigeon (Anas americana) 3 American Black Duck (Anas rubripes) 2 Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 50 Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca) 1 female with Bufflehead Canvasback (Aythya valisineria) 1 continuing male Redhead (Aythya americana) 10 Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris) 140 Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) 2 Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) 50 Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) 20 Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) 1 Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) 3 Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) 6 Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 1 perched in tree over golf course Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) 1 **FOY; strafed the shoreline west to east, then headed north Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) 1 Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) 20 Herring Gull (American) (Larus argentatus smithsonianus) 5 Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) 1 Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) 3 Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 4 Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) 1 heard only Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) 2 Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 2 Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 2 Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) 2 females Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 1 American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 10 Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) 2 flying north high over fall creek Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 3 all singing White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) (Sitta carolinensis carolinensis) 1 Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) 1 singing Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) 1 American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 8 European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 30 Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 4 Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) 1 heard only, chip notes Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 2 Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 10 Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus) 2 singing in Jetty woods and seen walking along shoreline Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) 15 Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) 1 calling male House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) 1 American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 6 House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) 12 -- Tim Lenz t...@cornell.edu Web Applications Developer Cornell Lab of Ornithology -- 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/ --
