Lots of warblers seen today. I toured around to lots of spots around the Ithaca area throughout the morning. I started at the Dodge Rd spruces, where there was BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, CAPE MAY WARBLER, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, YELLOW WARBLER, WILSON'S WARBLER, and in the fields SAVANNAH SPARROW and an EASTERN KINGBIRD. At the Lab of O, I came across perhaps the greatest flock of warblers I have ever witnessed along the Wilson trail. Within a 15 minute span, I picked up YELLOW WARBLER, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, another WILSON'S WARBLER, AMERICAN REDSTART, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, MOURNING WARBLER (skulking along the edge of the water for a good 4 minutes before I lost it in the thick stuff), NASHVILLE WARBLER, CAPE MAY WARBLER, NORTHERN PARULA, BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, and PRAIRIE WARBLER. Most of these represented single birds. Also around the lab, there was singing SCARLET TANAGER, RED-EYED VIREO, BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER, OVENBIRD, and NORTHERN WATERTHRUSHES.! ! Next, I stopped by Comstock Knoll to find a singing PINE WARBLER and a RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET.A quick trip by the swan pen at Stewart Park found 8 YELLOW WARBLERS, 2 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, and a single PALM WARBLER. The ibis were still present when I was there around 1230. Very few waterfowl left, just 1 BUFFLEHEAD, 2 REDHEADS, and 5 LESSER SCAUP of note. Also singing WARBLING VIREO and CAROLINA WREN in the woods, and about 50 BONAPARTE'S GULLS sitting on the grass on the flooded golf course. A quick stop around lower buttermilk found another NASHVILLE WARBLER, many singing SWAMP SPARROWS, WINTER WREN, COMMON YELLOWTHROATS, and a surprise BREWSTER'S WARBLER that came into pishing. It showed nicely out of the shrub swamp that's located on the backside of the grass fields opposite the lower buttermilk falls parking lot. One stop at Lick Brook couldnt turn up a Waterthrush, but searching did afford nice views of both BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER and MAGNOLIA WARBLER. Also a! ! nother BLUE-WINGED WARBLER about 200 yards up the Finger Lakes Trail from its intersection with Townline Road.
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