One more in a string of beautiful early fall days - it was a wonderful morning out be out looking for birds. Thirteen folks joined me today, including several students whose sharp eyes and ears greatly enhanced our experience.
We began with a brief stroll around the parking lots at the Lab while waiting for the sun to warm us a bit and for the bird activity to pick up. There were a couple of Rusty Blackbirds, at least four Tennessee Warblers, several Blue-headed Vireos and a Mourning Warbler in the vicinity of the Fuller Wetlands. Shucking one layer of clothing, we headed over to the south Park Preserve to walk the loop. Kinglets, both Ruby-crowned and Golden-crowned, seemed to be everywhere. In addition, we ran into two feeding flocks that gave us good looks at Black-throated Green, Pine and Magnolia Warblers as well as more Blue-headed Vireos. By far the highlight of the trip was a crisp adult LINCOLN'S SPARROW (originally heard calling - what I thought was a Common Yellowthroat). It moved around a bit, but most of us did finally get a good look as it perched in the open on the tip of a pine bough. We ended the morning at the community gardens, Freese Road, with fairly good comparisons of Song and Savannah Sparrows. A single Field Sparrow was seen by several, as was a female Indigo Bunting. The best bird(s) for Freese Road was a pair of late-migrating Bobolinks seen way at the south end of the weedy field. Bob McGuire -- 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/ --
