For the past 8 hours (since before 6 AM on Sunday), we have been seeing a NASHVILLE WARBLER and a pair of YELLOW WARBLERS in our next-door neighbors’ flowering pear tree in northeast Ithaca. It sure seems like the same three individual birds, without turnover.
My expectations bolstered a little by that unexpected Nashville Warbler, I went to Sapsucker Woods to see if any other new birds had arrived (6:30-8:20 AM). I did find a few candidates along the Wilson Trail North -- female CANADA WARBLER, male MAGNOLIA WARBLER, male BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER, a singing YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, a rather cooperative LINCOLN’S SPARROW, and a silent LEAST FLYCATCHER, plus what seemed to me to be both territorial and sojourning AMERICAN REDSTARTS and RED-EYED VIREOS. Otherwise, throughout the sanctuary on both sides of the road, migrants seemed very sparse. 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/ --