Hi all, I just spent an amazing 2 1/2 hours sitting in my back yard watching migrants. I first spent the morning at the Park Preserve on Irish Settlement Rd. in Dryden, where I had a nice assortment of warblers incuding PRAIRIE, MAGNOLIA, CAPE MAY, BLACKBURNIAN, BLACK THROATED GREEN, BLACK THROATED BLUE, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT and WILSON'S. This was during two periods - 6:30 am to 8 am, then 10 am to 11:30 am.
If that wasn't amazing enough, about an hour after getting home (Hunt Hill Rd., east of Ithaca), I noticed a large flock of warblers moving through the yard, accompanied by many CEDAR WAXWINGS. After watching my yard fill with migrants (warblers, sparrows, waxwings, flycatchers, vireos) for 1.5 hours (really!!) without letup, I spotted first a YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER and shortly afterwards a PHILADELPHIA VIREO. I had to share this and called Bob McGuire who came over and watched with me for another hour, part of it in the pouring rain. It was a truly magical experience. The overall bird diversity wasn't huge, but there were multiples of most species including many, many RED-EYED VIREOS. Below is the eBIRD list I submitted. Happy Birding! Laura Laura Stenzler [email protected] ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] Sent: Monday, September 03, 2012 3:20 PM To: Laura Stenzler Subject: eBird Report - Hunt Hill Rd. 147, Sep 3, 2012 Hunt Hill Rd. 147, Tompkins, US-NY Sep 3, 2012 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM Protocol: Stationary Comments: Overcast and rain on and off 29 species Turkey Vulture 3 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 Northern Flicker 1 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1 Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher) 1 Least Flycatcher 1 Eastern Phoebe 2 Philadelphia Vireo 1 Red-eyed Vireo 10+ Blue Jay 3 American Crow 2 Black-capped Chickadee 6 Tufted Titmouse 6 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 American Robin 3 Gray Catbird 2 Cedar Waxwing 30+ Common Yellowthroat 2 American Redstart 1 Magnolia Warbler 3-4 Blackburnian Warbler 4 Blackpoll Warbler 1 Black-throated Green Warbler 4 Chipping Sparrow 7 Field Sparrow 1 Dark-eyed Junco 1 Northern Cardinal 1 Purple Finch 2 American Goldfinch 8 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) -- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
