This morning I figured that the birds in Sapsucker Woods would be most readily found in the deepest woods, sheltered from the high wind. So I walked around the East Trail. I did find a fair variety of migrant songbirds, including BLACKPOLL, BLACK-THROATED GREEN (4+), BLACK-THROATED BLUE, MAGNOLIA, and BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, plus a singing BLUE-HEADED VIREO and an EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE. I also saw a RUFFED GROUSE by the Woodleton Boardwalk - I think only the third or fourth I've ever found in the sanctuary.
Then I spent 20 minutes at the Cornell Community Gardens along Freese Road. I hoped that I might find Song Sparrows and LINCOLN'S SPARROW in roughly the same proportions as Jay, Scott, and Brad found the other day. And I did - not in absolute numbers of 60:4, but about 15 Song Sparrows to one Lincoln's (northeast corner). Mark Chao -- 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/ --
