Hope Batcheller and I did some dusk and night birding this evening (20 May 2011). Highlights were two VIRGINIA RAILS in Fidlers Pond on Rt. 13A (no luck with bittern), at least seven AMERICAN WOODCOCK calling along Snyder Road at the Ithaca Airport, a calling SORA on Nemi Road near the west end, and three BARRED OWLS (in different directions) from the parking lot at the end of Hammond Hill Road. We heard quite a few night flight calls from Hammond Hill, including many warblers and three BLACK-BILLED CUCKOOS (no thrushes), but when we stopped at Mount Pleasant to listen a little while later we heard almost nothing save a Spotted Sandpiper and a possible Least Sandpiper.
I had a good flight in the very early morning yesterday (1:30AM or so) when I stepped out to listen here in NE Ithaca, including 3 BLACK-BILLED and 4 YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOOS, 3 GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSHES, many Swainson's Thrushes, a few Wood Thrushes and Veeries, a handful of Bobolinks and Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, and lots of warblers of various flavors. Good birding! -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology [email protected] -- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
