Thanks Dave, In my haste I posted to Cayuga RBA but not the listserv. I heard the YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER from the trail in Fuertes Bird Sanctuary on the Stewart Park side (thinking that's where I would have the best chance of finding it), but it was singing clearly from across Fall Creek on the golf course — where I could have driven right up to it.
There was also one Western PALM WARBLER at the Swan Pen at Stewart Park, with about 10 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS — these were all feeding on an emergence of mayflies, but there were no other migrants around. I did dawn at Myer's Point, but no shorebirds on the spit or birds moving by — except an adult FORSTER'S TERN that floated slowly north on a piece of wood near the middle of the lake. A single female RED-BREASTED MERGANSER was off the north point — interesting that there is often one female RBME here in May and June, and this one was definitely associating with a male COMMON MERGANSER and even calling back and forth (the Red-breasted doing a very strange call I have not heard before). I wonder if hybridization is known between these two species? KEN Ken Rosenberg Conservation Science Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd. Ithaca, NY 14850 (wk) 607-254-2412 (cell) 607-342-4594 k...@cornell.edu From: <nutter.d...@me.com<mailto:nutter.d...@me.com>> Reply-To: <nutter.d...@me.com<mailto:nutter.d...@me.com>> Date: Thu, 9 May 2013 12:06:44 +0000 To: cb <cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu<mailto:cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu>> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, Pier Rd, Newman Golf Course, Ithaca Ken Rosenberg just reported the apparent return of last spring's YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER to the stand of Sycamores near the north end of Pier Rd, by the 3rd tee of Newman Golf Course and just south of the firefighters' training center. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- 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/ --
