This morning, I made a quick run through the Hawthorn Orchard in-between the rain showers.
Not too much, but a male HOODED WARBLER was very cooperative for me. The Hooded Warbler was located near the Northwest entrance to the Hawthorn Orchard, right off the East Ithaca Recreation Way, along the hillside that slopes down on the West side of the pond below the Black Oak Lane townhouses. The bird was singing periodically and foraging on or near the ground. Last night I did some trail clearing at the Hawthorn Orchard along the entire North Ravine trail and at the two Northeast trailhead entrances into the Hawthorn Orchard. Makes for a little easier navigation. Definitely wear muck boots when birding here, it’s pretty wet and muddy. Below is my complete list from this morning. Sincerely, Chris T-H Hawthorn Orchard and East Ithaca Rec. Way May 10, 2019 08:56 Traveling 0.50 miles 65 Minutes All birds reported? Yes Comments: Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 1.6.5 Build 36 2 Canada Goose 3 Turkey Vulture 1 Merlin 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 1 Yellow-throated Vireo 1 Blue-headed Vireo 2 Red-eyed Vireo 9 Blue Jay 3 American Crow 2 Black-capped Chickadee 3 Tufted Titmouse 2 White-breasted Nuthatch 3 House Wren 1 Carolina Wren 5 Wood Thrush 2 American Robin 7 Gray Catbird 2 European Starling 5 American Goldfinch 1 Chipping Sparrow 16 White-throated Sparrow 4 Song Sparrow 2 Baltimore Oriole 2 Red-winged Blackbird 3 Brown-headed Cowbird 2 Nashville Warbler 3 Common Yellowthroat 1 Hooded Warbler 1 American Redstart 1 Northern Parula 1 Magnolia Warbler 2 Yellow Warbler 2 Chestnut-sided Warbler 7 Northern Cardinal Number of Taxa: 34 -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418<tel:607-254-2418> M: 607-351-5740<tel:607-351-5740> F: 607-254-1132<tel:607-254-1132> http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp -- 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/ --