Susan Newman and I couldn't turn up Stuart's Mourning Warbler on a noon stroll around the Wilson Trail, but almost as interesting was a Short-tailed Shrew feeding in plain sight on the side of the trail, completely oblivious to our presence as we hovered over him/her to get some photos, our lens just a few inches above the critter.
The shrew wasn't out in the open anymore on our way back, but there was plenty of evidence of his digging trail-side, just east of the wooden bridge that crosses the stream. Bird-wise, there wasn't much in the way of migrants, but all of the expected breeders were present, if not a bit quiet due to the time of day. Best, Scott -- *Scott A. Haber* *Content Manager - Merlin* Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd. - #295A Ithaca, NY 14850 Office: (607) 254-1102 Email: sa...@cornell.edu On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 11:40 AM, Stuart Krasnoff <s...@cornell.edu> wrote: > Hi all, > > I took a turn around the Wilson Trail North this morning from 0715-0800 h > and besides many of the resident Yellow Warblers, Am. Redstarts, Common > Yellowthroats, and Warbling Vireos I got a stunning sun-drenched close-up > view of a Northern Parula male at the Sherwood Platfrom. While I was on the > platform I heard a Mourning Warbler but did not get visual confirmation. > He was singing "cheery-cheery-cheery" with no definitive punctuating "cho" > note at the end. The song was most similar to sample #1 on the MacCaulay > "Songs of the Warblers of North America" collection. My sense was the bird > was skulking in the lower shrubs on the western edge of the platform. A > confirmatory observation from the platform or the area of the benches by > someone else would be nice. On my way out I heard and then saw a male > Wilson's Warbler from the the lower Wilson North looking back toward the > upper trail. > > Best...Stuart > > > > -- > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
