Nancy Ostman and I were birding in the Myers Point-Ludlowville area yesterday. While at the Lansing Rod and Gun Club, we distinctly heard an OVENBIRD calling out "Teacher, Teacher, Teacher." It was calling from the wooded area across the road from the club buildings and repeated it's song at least twelve times. *Isn't this early*? The arrival dates on the 2000-2009 list has it listed as median arrival date of April 30 and the mean arrival date as April 29.
Candace Time: 16:00-16:30 Location: Lansing Rod and Gun Club Observation date: 4/7/11 Notes: 52ยบ+, overcast, slight breeze Number of species: 29 Canada Goose 3 Mallard 4 Wild Turkey 9 All displaying with tails fanned. Great Blue Heron 1 Turkey Vulture 5 Red-tailed Hawk 2 One RTHA fighting with AMCR for at least 8 mins. Crow would strafe hawk's wings, inciting a chase. Killdeer 2 Ring-billed Gull 2 Belted Kingfisher 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Downy Woodpecker 1 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Eastern Phoebe 1 My FOY (first of year). Blue Jay 2 American Crow 8 One was fighting with RTHA. See above. Black-capped Chickadee 5 Tufted Titmouse 2 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Winter Wren 1 American Robin 9 European Starling 5 Cedar Waxwing 5 Ovenbird 1 My FOY. Repeated song at least 12 times. Arrival in basin usually 4/30. Song Sparrow 1 White-throated Sparrow 1 Dark-eyed Junco 5 Northern Cardinal 2 Red-winged Blackbird 9 American Goldfinch 5 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) -- 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/ --
