Sapsucker Woods was full of migrant songbirds and Wood Ducks on Monday morning.
SWAINSON’S THRUSH (1 found by Jay McGowan at base of Sherwood Platform, 2 more along Podell Boardwalk) CAPE MAY WARBLER (1 presumed M with bold white wing panel, first by Charley Harper memorial bench and then by Sherwood Platform) BAY-BREASTED WARBLER (2 at first split on Wilson Trail North, 1 by Harper bench, 3+ by Woodleton) BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER (2 M and 1 presumed F by Harper bench, 1 by Woodleton. Female was so dull that I thought it was a Blackpoll at first, until I saw the faint cheek patch) BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER (1 M by Woodleton) BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER (first Wilson North split, Harper bench, Woodleton) Magnolia Warbler(at all above-listed locations) Yellow-rumped Warbler (all above-listed locations) OVENBIRD (1 by Woodleton Boardwalk – my first in several weeks, hopefully not my last for several months) TENNESSEE WARBLER (3 by Harper bench – all with green backs, yellow throats, white bellies and vents, unlike the mostly yellow Tennessees seen often at the Lab over the past few weeks) BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER (probable by Sherwood, confirmed at Woodleton) Common Yellowthroat (all along Wilson Trail North) PHILADELPHIA VIREO (1 by Harper bench – convenient comparison with yellow-throated Tennessee Warblers) BLUE-HEADED VIREO (1+, first seen by Harper bench and then by Sherwood) RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH (2 by Sherwood) WOOD DUCK (30+ in small section of main pond, 6+ in Fuller Wetlands; possibly many more throughout) Mark Chao -- 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/ --
