Hi all, Lots of migrants in our yard on Hunt Hill Road today, and yesterday. This afternoon we had 2 bay-breasted warblers, a blackburnian, black-throated green, redstart and common yellowthroat warbler. Just now, 6:15ish, a Swainson's thrush popped up to eat the berries of the red-osier dogwoods that border our lawn. Yesterday there was a small flock in the late afternoon which included a female plumaged tanager, chestnut-sided warbler, magnolia warbler, blackburnian warbler and red-eyed vireo. Several ravens flew over. Other birds in the yard between yesterday afternoon and today include carolina wren, a family of 5 titmice, red-breasted and white-breasted nuthatch, cardinal, catbird, chickadees, 3 or 4 female-plumaged hummingbirds, phoebe, flicker, downy wp and red-bellied wp. We feel so lucky to be in such an active place! So, as I'm writing this, a flock of warblers is in the yard, feeding, flying up and disappearing in the leaves, making it really hard to get on any of them. But, I did see 2 blackburnians, a redstart, 2 blacktroated greens, a magnolia and I'm pretty sure a yellow-throated vireo. There are probably 12-15 birds flying around. Exciting and frustrating as well! One of those magical moments in birding! Laura
Laura Stenzler l...@cornell.edu -- 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/ --
