Here are some highlights from Sapsucker Woods on Tuesday morning.
* A pair of BLUE-HEADED VIREOS close together along the East Trail, near the green Lucente building. One of these birds had beautiful intense colors, with yellow sides and a dark head, while the other appeared only gray and white. I saw the duller vireo carrying a fecal sac away, but did not find the nest. * Thirteen warbler species, including: WILSON’S WARBLER (three males along Wilson North – one seen singing normally by Fuller Wetlands, one seen foraging silently at the same time, and one singing an atypical two-part song ending in a short smooth trill by the green pond across the trail from the Sherwood Platform) BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER (1 M, 1 F along power-line cut and Hoyt-Pileated Trail, respectively) BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER (1 M, Hoyt-Pileated) MAGNOLIA WARBLER (Wilson North, Hoyt-Pileated, and East) YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER (parking lot) CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER (at least one vociferously defending territory under power lines). Thanks to Jay McGowan, who tipped me off about good warbler diversity on the east side. BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER (silent M, Hoyt-Pileated) NORTHERN PARULA (singing alternate multisyllabic song, East Trail) (I missed Brad’s BAY-BREASTED WARBLER and also a PALM WARBLER found by Nancy Brooks. So the warbler species tally today is at least 15.) * WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW under the power lines on the east side * PINE SISKIN calling by Lucente building * A pair of WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCHES at an apparent nest hole in a tall tree, East Trail 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/[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/ --
