I decided to chase the Connecticut warblers this morning as I opted not too yesterday late day. I never hold out hope to find these guys after reports, but I thought I would have nothing to lose as it might be birdie otherwise. Stuart and I birded together after meeting on the drive there. We searched pretty well after arriving at 8:30am with most of the warbler activity around the final brushy area before entering the woods at the RR tracks. Nashville, Tennessee, Common Yellowthroats and Yellow made up the warbler species. It had to warm up a little to get things moving.
We went back to the second field where Benjamin and Jay had them last night. A little phishing brought out Common Yellowthroats, White-throated Sparrows and Catbirds in the NE corner. A warbler popped up very low in the brush, yellow with gray hood, complete white eyering and to me looked relatively large. It sat on a branch for a very short time then walked along the branch back into a thicker area out of sight. Stuart wasn't able to get a good view and my experience with this bird is nil so I can't be definitive, but my sense was a CONNECTICUT WARBLER. I was not able to get it to reappear again. I would have liked a little better view especially the undertail, but the warblers I see never walk along branches except for Ovenbirds. He stayed very low like a COYE not more than 2 feet up from the ground and I never heard any vocalizations. Maybe that's all the look most people get here in the east of these skulkers. It was exciting and disappointing at the same time. Gary On Sep 27, 2013, at 4:39 PM, Jay McGowan wrote: At least one Connecticut still present in the same area, now at northern end of same field. On Sep 27, 2013 1:54 PM, "Benjamin Freeman" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Just got back from a nice walk at LP. Found a large flock of Nashville & Tennessee Warblers, plus a smattering of other migrants here and there. Best were two extremely cooperative Connecticut Warblers along the trail near the main trail/short trail down to Coleman Lake junction, a late Scarlet Tanager in a chickadee flock, and a fearless Rusty Blackbird foraging in dry leaf litter inside a forest patch, flicking leaves with its bill a la a Neotropical leaftosser. Great day to be outside! Full checklist here: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15266768 -- Benjamin Freeman Ph.D. candidate Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Cornell University Ithaca, NY, USA benjamingfreeman.com<http://benjamingfreeman.com/> -- 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/[email protected]/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: 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/[email protected]/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/[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/ --
