Thank you for being in touch! I will be in the field until September 19th with little or no internet and cell service. Thank you for your patience and I will be in touch when I return. Sarah Blodgett Photography sarahblodgett.com
On Sep 9, 2018, at 12:02 AM, Upstate NY Birding digest <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> wrote: > CAYUGABIRDS-L Digest for Sunday, September 09, 2018. > > 1. Sapsucker is hopping! > 2. Sapsucker Woods, Sat 9/8 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Sapsucker is hopping! > From: Laura Stenzler <l...@cornell.edu> > Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2018 13:18:28 +0000 > X-Message-Number: 1 > > Many many warblers in the Wilson trail north. Orange crowned, bay breasted > and more. Also flycatchers and grosbeak. Full report later. Get here now! > 9:18. > > Laura > > Laura Stenzler > l...@cornell.edu > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Sapsucker Woods, Sat 9/8 > From: Mark Chao <markc...@imt.org> > Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2018 15:45:33 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 2 > > I visited Sapsucker Woods twice on Saturday. Though I found no very > unusual species, both outings stand among the most rewarding I’ve had in > recent autumns, with much frenetic migrant activity and countless excellent > views. > > > > On my first visit, Poppy Singer, Gary Fine, and I found rather few birds on > the Wilson Trail North at around 8 AM, but about an hour later, the three > of us and Kevin Cummings ran into an impressive mixed flock by 91 Sapsucker > Woods Road (the “frog barn”). Then, noting not only the excellent birding > but also the relative absence of mosquitoes, I went home and persuaded my > wife Miyoko Chu to return to this spot with me. We didn’t find much > together at 11 AM. But I stuck around alone, met Paul Anderson and Gary > Kohlenberg, widened my search, and eventually found quite a lot of birds > again, especially in a dazzling flock along the Wilson Trail North. > > > > My warbler tally is as follows: > > > > CANADA (1 M at western bend in pondside branch of Wilson Trail North) > > BAY-BREASTED (very abundant and conspicuous -- 3 near frog barn, 7+ along > Wilson Trail North) > > BLACK-THROATED BLUE (1 F along road in late morning – no sign of a white > wing spot, but I’m sure of the ID) > > BLACK-THROATED GREEN (several in each of the two main flocks) > > MAGNOLIA (very abundant and conspicuous – 10+ near frog barn, 7+ along > Wilson Trail North) > > CHESTNUT-SIDED (only a little less abundant than Magnolia in both main > flocks) > > BLACKBURNIAN (1 M along Wilson Trail North) > > BLACK-AND-WHITE (1+ M, 1 F along Wilson Trail North) > > TENNESSEE (2 in Fuller Wetlands, 4+ along Wilson Trail North) > > NASHVILLE (1 in Fuller Wetlands) > > NORTHERN PARULA (1+ in each of the main flocks) > > AMERICAN REDSTART (1 in each of the main flocks) > > COMMON YELLOWTHROAT (a couple near each of the main flocks) > > > > In addition to the Orange-crowned Warbler that Laura Stenzler mentioned > earlier (great find – looking forward to the details), I also missed a CAPE > MAY WARBLER and probable YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER that Gary Kohlenberg found. > So there are probably at least 16 warbler species in Sapsucker Woods today, > comprising dozens and dozens of individual birds. > > > > Other highlights include a bright PHILADELPHIA VIREO along the pondside > branch of the Wilson Trail North, a molting male SCARLET TANAGER feeding a > begging juvenile along the driveway to the frog barn, and a BARRED OWL that > Poppy, Gary Fine, and I heard hooting somewhere out along the East Trail. > > > > Mark Chao > > > > --- > > END OF DIGEST > -- 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/ --
