Hi all, New (for me) at Goetchius Preserve this morning (8:00 – 9:30) were:
Bobolink – 4 males, and I believe I also had a flyover female Eastern Kingbird – 3, doing lots of chattering and chasing each other around for many minutes in what was likely a territorial dispute. Scarlet Tanager heard singing from woods northwest of the preserve Also: Greater Yellowlegs 1 Solitary Sandpiper - several Killdeer – 2 Eastern Meadowlark pair Brown Thrasher singing Hooded Merganser 3 females in flight At Park Preserve (9:40 – 10-20 am) Prairie Warbler – 2 males heard singing, both seem to be in the smaller conifers just to the east of the creek that forms the preserve boundary Eastern Towhee - male singing Nashville Warbler – male singing Magnolia Warbler – heard briefly in large conifers Field Sparrow – heard singing Ovenbird – heard singing Gray Catbird – heard singing American Goldfinch songs filled the air! I'm still unable to part with my fleece jacket these days…it’s like I cannot really believe that it’s WARM! Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail [email protected] http://www.marieread.com Author of Sierra Wings: Birds of the Mono Lake Basin Available here: http://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery/Sierra-Wings-Birds-of-the-Mono-Lake-Basin/G0000NlCxX37uTzE -- 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/ --
