I finished the day doing the loop in the sw side. I added Wood Duck (99), Great Blue Heron (100), Ring-billed Gull (101) and finally Black-throated Blue Warbler to end at 102. Hoped for cuckoos never vocalized.
Chris Wood Ithaca, New York http://ebird.org On May 15, 2011, at 4:25 PM, Christopher Wood <[email protected]> wrote: > I decided to see how many birds I could find at Monkey Run South > today. I walked all the trails on the south side of the river and > spent quite a bit of time watching from the house. I am now up to 98 > species (22 warblers). I only added a single species in the last THREE > hours, a Carolina Wren. There are certainly some easier ones like > Black-throated Blue Warbler (biggest miss by far--had 6 yesterday, > mostly singing too), Louisiana Waterthrush (Ugh!), Yellow-throated > Vireo, both cuckoos (unbelievable on an day like this given how much > they like to sing in the rain), Great Blue Heron, Winter Wren (not > sure they breed on the south side anymore), maybe a White-crowned > Sparrow or Field Sparrow. Not to mention raptors and other things that > fly overhead; I've only had Red-tailed had Broad-winged Hawk today. > Anyway, this is certainly my highest species total at Monkey Run. It > is very enjoyable to walk around a relatively small area and see how > many birds you can find. As Mark Chao has explained to me, you find > more and more every time you go out on the trails even if you are > covering the same trails you covered 30 minutes ago. > > Hopefully the rain will stop by about 6 or so (or at least not be > quite so heavy as now). Bird activity was very good through about > 1:00pm. > > The totals below are the highest number of individuals I saw on any > one of my several (5) eBird entries for the day. > > Canada Goose - Branta canadensis 10 > Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos 2 > Common Merganser - Mergus merganser 1 > Ruffed Grouse - Bonasa umbellus 2 > Wild Turkey - Meleagris gallopavo 1 > Green Heron - Butorides virescens 2 > Broad-winged Hawk - Buteo platypterus 1 > Red-tailed Hawk - Buteo jamaicensis 1 > American Coot - Fulica americana 1 > Killdeer - Charadrius vociferus 1 > Spotted Sandpiper - Actitis macularius 2 > Rock Pigeon - Columba livia 7 > Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura 4 > Eastern Screech-Owl - Megascops asio 1 > Great Horned Owl - Bubo virginianus 1 > Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Archilochus colubris 4 > Belted Kingfisher - Megaceryle alcyon 1 > Red-bellied Woodpecker - Melanerpes carolinus 5 > Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - Sphyrapicus varius 4 > Downy Woodpecker - Picoides pubescens 6 > Hairy Woodpecker - Picoides villosus 2 > Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus 1 > Pileated Woodpecker - Dryocopus pileatus 1 > Eastern Wood-Pewee - Contopus virens 1 > Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - Empidonax flaviventris 2 > Willow Flycatcher - Empidonax traillii 1 > Least Flycatcher - Empidonax minimus 1 > Eastern Phoebe - Sayornis phoebe 4 > Great Crested Flycatcher - Myiarchus crinitus 4 > Eastern Kingbird - Tyrannus tyrannus 1 > Blue-headed Vireo - Vireo solitarius 2 > Warbling Vireo - Vireo gilvus 2 > Philadelphia Vireo - Vireo philadelphicus 1 > Red-eyed Vireo - Vireo olivaceus 17 > Blue Jay - Cyanocitta cristata 14 > American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos 6 > Northern Rough-winged Swallow - Stelgidopteryx serripennis 10 > Tree Swallow - Tachycineta bicolor 6 > Bank Swallow - Riparia riparia 35 > Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica 1 > Black-capped Chickadee - Poecile atricapillus 19 > Tufted Titmouse - Baeolophus bicolor 10 > Red-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta canadensis 1 > White-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta carolinensis 2 > Brown Creeper - Certhia americana 3 > Carolina Wren - Thryothorus ludovicianus 1 > House Wren - Troglodytes aedon 9 > Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Polioptila caerulea 1 > Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Regulus calendula 1 > Veery - Catharus fuscescens 9 > Swainson's Thrush - Catharus ustulatus 4 > Hermit Thrush - Catharus guttatus 1 > Wood Thrush - Hylocichla mustelina 7 > American Robin - Turdus migratorius 13 > Gray Catbird - Dumetella carolinensis 33 > European Starling - Sturnus vulgaris 7 > Cedar Waxwing - Bombycilla cedrorum 25 > Blue-winged Warbler - Vermivora cyanoptera 6 > Tennessee Warbler - Oreothlypis peregrina 6 > Nashville Warbler - Oreothlypis ruficapilla 1 > Yellow Warbler - Dendroica petechia 9 > Chestnut-sided Warbler - Dendroica pensylvanica 17 > Magnolia Warbler - Dendroica magnolia 11 > Cape May Warbler - Dendroica tigrina 1 > Yellow-rumped Warbler - Dendroica coronata 5 > Black-throated Green Warbler - Dendroica virens 1 > Blackburnian Warbler - Dendroica fusca 5 > Pine Warbler - Dendroica pinus 11 > Bay-breasted Warbler - Dendroica castanea 5 > Blackpoll Warbler - Dendroica striata 1 > Black-and-white Warbler - Mniotilta varia 3 > American Redstart - Setophaga ruticilla 21 > Ovenbird - Seiurus aurocapilla 8 > Northern Waterthrush - Parkesia noveboracensis 1 > Mourning Warbler - Oporornis philadelphia 1 > Common Yellowthroat - Geothlypis trichas 11 > Hooded Warbler - Wilsonia citrina 1 > Wilson's Warbler - Wilsonia pusilla 1 > Canada Warbler - Wilsonia canadensis 6 > Eastern Towhee - Pipilo erythrophthalmus 2 > Chipping Sparrow - Spizella passerina 3 > Savannah Sparrow - Passerculus sandwichensis 3 > Song Sparrow - Melospiza melodia 17 > White-throated Sparrow - Zonotrichia albicollis 1 > Dark-eyed Junco - Junco hyemalis 6 > Scarlet Tanager - Piranga olivacea 2 > Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis 11 > Rose-breasted Grosbeak - Pheucticus ludovicianus 9 > Indigo Bunting - Passerina cyanea 1 > Bobolink - Dolichonyx oryzivorus 2 > Red-winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus 15 > Common Grackle - Quiscalus quiscula 3 > Brown-headed Cowbird - Molothrus ater 9 > Baltimore Oriole - Icterus galbula 14 > Purple Finch - Carpodacus purpureus 1 > House Finch - Carpodacus mexicanus 3 > American Goldfinch - Spinus tristis 17 > House Sparrow - Passer domesticus 1 (stakeout!) > > Chris Wood > > eBird & Neotropical Birds Project Leader > Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York > http://ebird.org > http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu -- 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/ --
