Between 7:00 and 8:15 this morning I got an 8 Tyrannid sweep: all the flycatcher species that breed in the West Danby area.
I started with Eastern Phoebe on Tupper Road. I found Alder Flycatcher and Willow Flycatcher singing in close proximity along Hillview Road near the old Landstrom landfill, and a pair of Eastern Kingbirds in the snaggly swamp there. The next stop was for Acadian Flycatcher along Michigan Hollow Creek, near the _southern_ crossing of the Abbott's Loop Trail (not Diane's Crossing). This location has hosted Acadian Flycatchers since Karl David's days at least, making it the oldest still-active territory I know of in the Emerald Necklace. And it's a drive-up bird! (JOOB though; more precise location on request). A little farther up the creek I found Least Flycatcher. Then along the edge of the big sedge marsh I found Great Crested Flycatchers, and finally Wood Pewee at the easternmost extremity of the L-P Preserve, south of Station Road. There used to be Acadians there, but to the best of my knowledge they disappeared several years ago. When I got home my own pair of Great Crested Flycatchers was very talkative. -Geo Kloppel -- 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/ --
