I birded behind the Ithaca airport again this morning, both before and during the steady light rain. Pretty different mix of warblers than nearby Sapsucker Woods, especially as I neither saw nor heard any Blackpoll Warblers, whereas TENNESSEE WARBLERS were vocal and moving in many spots -- most were giving partial songs. RED-EYED VIREOS were also numerous, and I saw BLACKBURNIAN, MAGNOLIA, BLACK-THROATED GREEN, NASHVILLE, many newly arrived CHESTNUT-SIDEDS, and a few YELLOW-RUMPS. Other highlights included 2 singing WILLOW FLYCATCHERS and 1 ALDER FLYCATCHER, a lingering RING-NECKED DUCK, and a nice group of shorebirds on the back pond on Neimi Rd -- 2 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 15 LEAST and 1 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, SPOTTED, and KILLDEER.
Last night, I heard my first SWAINSON'S THRUSH flight calls (2), 2 VEERYS, and a SOLITARY SANDPIPER over my house. KEN Ken Rosenberg Director of Conservation Science Cornell Lab of Ornithology 607-254-2412 607-342-4594 (cell) k...@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/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/ --
