I walked through Renwick Woods today and saw a warbler up high in a tree with yellow belly and black streaks, but forgot the facial markings when I saw the stunning Yellow-rumped Warbler later at Fuertes. It might have been a Magnolia Warbler, but I am not sure. Renwick was loaded with robins, starlings, grackles, a few ducks (Mallards?), and one Red-winged Blackbird. There was also a Red-bellied Woodpecker, a Northern Flicker, and a Downy Woodpecker.
Along the inlet were many geese, and a pair with four goslings! Isn't it early for goslings??? They looked to be a few weeks old. The tribe of cormorants is back (about 37 in the trees at Jetty Woods and another 20+ out on in the water. As I walked into Fuertes, I was greeted by a Yellow-rumped Warbler with stunning blue slate, black, yellow, and white colors in the shrubs and gave me close views with lots of calling. I thought there were four of them, but heard only one calling and figured that there were only two circling around me. A Song Sparrow was up high, and I flushed out two small shorebirds. They were smaller than killdeer, not calling, and had one white stripe on the wings and no strong markings otherwise. Lastly, there were 4 Hooded Mergansers, one male displaying vigorously and 3 female. On the way home, I heard the kingfisher zip by, heard and saw six swifts hunting furiously and high over Fall Creek and what I think might have been one Bank Swallow (lightness under the chin). -- 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/ --
