A walk around the Durland Preserve turned up a good assortment of the usual late migrants, including Winter Wren, Hermit Thrush, Lincoln's Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, both kinglets. Pine Siskins and Purple Finches were flying over, and large groups of Cedar Waxwings and American Robins were conspicuous. I flushed my first FOX SPARROW of the fall from one of the hedgerows. The most intriguing bird was a possible Audubon's Yellow-rumped Warbler. I heard a harsh, dry chip note coming from an area where a lot of Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warblers were calling which immediately brought to mind Audubon's. The flock dispersed fairly rapidly though, and I was only able to get a look at a couple of the birds in the flock, so I can't be sure the bird I heard was an Audubon's and not some other bird making a similar call that just happened to be in a Yellow-rumped flock. Frustrating, but something to keep an eye out for. I wasn't able to relocate the flock.
Here at the Lab, siskins are everywhere, as well as a male Eastern Towhee on the Wilson Trail. -Jay -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology [email protected] -- 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/ --
