Today, I birded at the Hawthorn Orchard from about 8:45am to 11:15am. It was a really nice day there! This was my first visit with migration in full swing. I was out of town Tuesday through very early this morning, so missed the big fallout over the prior days.
Here's a run-down of what I observed: 1 Red-shouldered Hawk (migrant, low overhead) 1 Northern Flicker 1 Pileated Woodpecker (audible, chopping away on a tree to the West of the East Ithaca Recreation Way) 6-8 Least Flycatchers 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 3 Blue-headed Vireos 3 Warbling Vireos 3 Red-eyed Vireos (I missed the Yellow-throated Vireo seen by others) 5-6 House Wrens 2-3 Ruby-crowned Kinglets 6-8+ Gray Catbirds 1 Brown Thrasher (1 Northern Mockingbird at the East Hill Plaza) 10-12 Cedar Waxwings 1 Blue-winged Warbler 3 TENNESSEE WARBLERS (two singing near NE corner, one drab plumaged bird near SE portion) (I missed an Orange-crowned Warbler seen near the NE entrance) 20+ (20-25?) NASHVILLE WARBLERS (everywhere) 6+ NORTHERN PARULAS 8-10 Yellow Warblers 2-3 Chestnut-sided Warblers 8-10+ Magnolia Warblers 1-2 Black-throated Blue Warblers 20-25+ YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS 8-10 BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLERS 8-10 BLACKBURNIAN WARBLERS (I missed the Prairie Warbler) 3-4+ Black-and-white Warblers 1-2 American Redstarts 1 Ovenbird (at NE corner) 2-3 Common Yellowthroats 1 CANADA WARBLER (singing in North ravine, North of the NE corner) 1-2 Scarlet Tanagers 1 Eastern Towhee 4-6+ Song Sparrows 6-8 White-throated Sparrows 4-6 Northern Cardinals 1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 Eastern Meadowlark (distantly heard singing to SW) (1 banded female Brown-headed Cowbird) 8-10 Baltimore Orioles Regrettably, I wasn't very focused this morning and know I ignored or blocked out several local birds, seen or heard, from my memory. Good birding! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes TARU Product Line Manager and Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp -- 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/ --
