Very wet and cool morning…but, I cannot complain about the rain. Bring mud boots and rain pants if you intend to walk in and around the Hawthorn Orchard in the coming days.
Sincerely, Chris T-H Hawthorn Orchard, Tompkins, US-NY May 16, 2014 7:45 AM - 9:15 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.0 mile(s) Comments: Very rainy morning. Constant heavy drizzle. 1" of rainfall this morning, with temperatures starting around 54 degrees and falling to 47 degrees by the time I finished. Massive stands of water throughout the Hawthorn Orchard, as well as creeks of flowing water through the middle sections. North ravine was heavily flooded with significant ambient rushing water noise. Very few birds early on, then birds began appearing by around 8:45am. Birds seemed to favor foraging in hawthorns along very East edge just South of Northeast corner. 23 species Great Blue Heron 1 Belted Kingfisher 1 Flyover Great Crested Flycatcher 1 Blue-headed Vireo 1 Seen only, middle North section Blue Jay 1 Black-capped Chickadee 2 Tufted Titmouse 1 American Robin 2 Gray Catbird 4 European Starling 6 Blue-winged Warbler 1 Territorial male singing in open dead-wood section of hawthorns along East edge, just South of the Northeast corner. Tennessee Warbler 6 1 singing male in ravine just North of the Northeast corner; soon after, 5 in one tree, all silently foraging in a very tight flock together, at one point all within 4-6 feet of each other – East side, just South of Northeast corner. Common Yellowthroat 1 Magnolia Warbler 3 2 males, 1 female: 1 male in North ravine; 1 male and 1 female in Northeast corner. Bay-breasted Warbler 1 female quietly foraging in Northeast corner Blackburnian Warbler 1 non-vocal male, Northeast corner Yellow Warbler 1 Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 1 singer, near Blue-winged Warbler (East side, just South of Northeast Corner Yellow-rumped Warbler 2 Northeast corner Wilson's Warbler 1 Silently foraging male, very wet looking. Working East edge of Northeast corner, eventually with Tennessee Warblers. Scarlet Tanager 1 Heard singing once, West side. Northern Cardinal 1 Baltimore Oriole 1 male foraging in close proximity to Blackburnian Warbler, Northeast corner. Flew up from ground. View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S18415593 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp -- 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/ --
