I spent most of the morning in Stewart Park, Renwick Wildwoods, along the Cayuga Waterfront Trail by Pier Rd, along the east and north sides of Newman Golf Course, at the Cornell Biological Field Station (aka Jetty Woods), and even out to the lighthouse. It rained much of the time, which made using optics difficult, especially after the cloth I brought to dry the lenses became saturated. Here's some of my observations:
* Renwick & Jetty Woods have a zillion AMERICAN REDSTARTS singing in them, plus lots of other stuff, including WOOD THRUSHES and RED-EYED, WARBLING, and YELLOW-THROATED VIREOS.
* A male BLUE-WINGED TEAL continues in Fall Creek by the bay midway along Renwick, and he was courting a female MALLARD.
* From the White Lighthouse I was able to scope the platform on the pole in the field at Treman Marine Park: an adult OSPREY is in the nest, presumably incubating. This is my first confirmation of nesting there.
* This reminds me, I think I neglected to post that on 29 April I was able to see the large dark head of a young BALD EAGLE in the nest near Glenwood Pines, so that nest was progressing too.
* Viewed from the lighthouse the mix of swallows over the lake contained many BANK SWALLOWS.
* There are still at least 3 COMMON LOONS at the south end of Cayuga Lake, 1 in non-breeding plumage, 2 in breeding plumage.
* I heard my first-of-year BLACKPOLL WARBLER in Jetty Woods and my first-of-year WILSON'S WARBLER in Renwick.
* I had a distant glimpse of a GREAT HORNED OWL flying in Renwick pursued by AMERICAN CROWS, but possibly flushed by me.
* Finally in reference to Jay's note about North Campus sightings, I had to be at Cornell this afternoon with a few minutes to spare, and I quickly found a gorgeous male CAPE MAY WARBLER in a spruce behind 308 Wait Avenue. Thanks, Jay!
* Finally in reference to Jay's note about North Campus sightings, I had to be at Cornell this afternoon with a few minutes to spare, and I quickly found a gorgeous male CAPE MAY WARBLER in a spruce behind 308 Wait Avenue. Thanks, Jay!
--Dave Nutter
Hi all,
Highlights at Stewart Park around 8:00-8:45 this morning included 8 COMMON TERNS on a log near the red lighthouse, 1 CLIFF SWALLOW with the dozens of (mostly Barn) swallows way offshore, and a Western PALM WARBLER singing in the willows along the shore near the tennis courts. No sign of either Cerulean or Yellow-throated in Renwick Fuertes, but it was raining pretty steadily at that point. Still, redstarts and Yellow-throated Vireos were singing.
Livia and I checked Stewart Park again around 12:15 today and found even more terns--8 COMMON TERNS on the driftwood just offshore of the eastern tennis courts (just west of the dock) and another 6+ COMMON TERNS flying around over the water. The highlight for me a was a beautiful male PRAIRIE WARBLER singing sporadically and foraging in the willows along the shore by the tennis courts with PALM and YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS. This is only the second eBird record for Stewart Park, the only other one being from the same day in 2007.
Here at the Lab, two WILSON'S WARBLERS and two NORTHERN PARULAS were the only birds of note on the Wilson Trail. A lot of CAPE MAY WARBLERS have been seen by various students on the Cornell Campus recently, especially in spruces around north campus. It was raining pretty steadily, but last night I was able to find a male foraging in a spruce along the eastern end of Wait Avenue just south of the Triphammer intersection.
Good birding,
-Jay
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Jay McGowan
Macaulay Library
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
[email protected]
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