Alexa and I went for a pleasant late morning walk today at Lindsay-Parsons. The heat kept bird activity down, but it may have led to a serendipitous encounter with a Worm-eating Warbler -- the worm-eater, along with several Red-eyed Vireos, and a stunning pair of Scarlet Tanagers, was drinking from a small stream along the Red Trail at the base of the hill that leads up to Thatchers Pinnacles. The birds were directly where the Red trail crosses this stream, so a potential place to encounter worm-eaters without navigating the steep slopes above. We watched this zippy little bird for nearly a minute before it flew off upslope. It did not vocalize.
Plenty of garter and water snakes out and about today, as well as beavers in multiple locations. -- Benjamin Freeman Ph.D. candidate Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Cornell University Ithaca, NY, USA benjamingfreeman.com -- 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/ --
