Today, I was at the Hawthorn Orchard from about 7:30am to 10:00am (took a
vacation day, so had a little more time than usual). The Hawthorn Orchard was
somewhat quiet, but not nearly as quiet as Monday.
Best birds were the YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO(S), and an
adult and immature EASTERN SCREECH-OWL.
Here's a more complete run-down from the morning:
1 Turkey Vulture (low right over the Hawthorn Orchard)
1 Cooper's Hawk (put several European Starlings into a tizzy)
2 Broad-winged Hawks (circling right over the Hawthorn Orchard, one screaming
"ah-eeee" repeatedly)
1-2 BLACK-BILLED CUCKOOS (one flew into the tree-tops of the Maple grove at the
Northeast corner, then headed due Northeast, seemingly out of the area;
another, later, calling repeatedly from the Northeast corner, but inside the
Hawthorn Orchard)
2 EASTERN SCREECH-OWLS (one adult and one immature, roosting in new spots in
the Maple grove at the Northeast corner)
1 YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER (first located acoustically in the middle-Western
portion of the Hawthorn Orchard; this bird was repeating several soft "chu-wee"
notes one after the other, then would stop calling; later, relocated in the
very Southwest corner, again calling repeatedly in short bursts, then nothing;
this was right in the Wood Thrush territory in the SW corner)
2-3 Alder Flycatchers ("pip" notes and "re-beer" song notes)
1 Warbling Vireo
3-4 Red-eyed Vireos
1 SWAINSON'S THRUSH (middle-Northern section of Hawthorn Orchard)
1 Wood Thrush (SW corner)
6-8 Yellow Warblers
2-3 Magnolia Warblers
1 Black-throated Blue Warbler (female, along inner East edge)
1 Blackpoll Warbler (a few half-hearted song)
6-8 American Redstarts (mostly females)
1 Northern Waterthrush (chip note)
6-8 Common Yellowthroats
1-2 WILSON'S WARBLERS (along East edge, South edge, and middle-Southern portion)
1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak (song, North ravine edge)
1-2 Indigo Buntings (song and flight notes)
4-6 Baltimore Orioles
Good birding!
Sincerely,
Chris T-H
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Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes
TARU Product Line Manager and Field Applications Engineer
Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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