Just to clarify: I did finally find the Sapsucker bittern, but it was yesterday morning, when I posted about it to Cayugabirds. Today I looked briefly in the small pond and in the vegetation along the main pond with no luck, but it may well still be around. Not much else to report from this morning. Myers Point was fairly quiet, with 6 Least Sandpipers and a male Green-winged Teal about the only noteworthy birds. We did get to see both a male and female ORCHARD ORIOLE in the middle part of the park, and observed the female (all yellowish-green with no black throat) SING at least twice. BNA says that females sing occasionally, but it is not something I think I have ever encountered before.
We also stopped at the Edwards Lake Cliff Preserve in Lansing, which was pleasant as usual. Highlights were a LINCOLN'S SPARROW and several singing TENNESSEE WARBLERS. In fact, Tennessee Warblers seemed to have experienced an influx last night as I heard them singing in several other places today as well, including downtown near Dewitt Park and near the Visitor Center at the south end of the lake. On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 5:23 PM, bob mcguire <[email protected]>wrote: > I notice that no one has posted it yet today - several of us observed a > BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO this morning south of the Sherwood Platform on the > Wilson Trail. Dan Lane first called it out, then a couple more, including > Kevin McGowan, got on it. > > The Wilson Trail was rather quiet this morning, with 10- 12 Yellow-rumped > Warblers, 4 Yellow, 2 Palm, single Blackburnian, Black-throated Blue, N. > Parula, and Cape May Warblers, 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglets, an Eastern > Kingbird, 6 Warbling Vireos, and 2 Red-eyed Vireos. > > I understand that Jay eventually found the American Bittern in the small > pond just north of the Sherwood Platform. > > 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/[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/ > > -- > > -- 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/ --
