Saturday morning (5/22), Scott Anthony and I birded the Hawthorn Orchard for about 2-1/2 hours.
The best bird was probably the worst seen: an extremely distant Great Egret in flight over the valley, headed South. It turns out this was a new species seen from this location, which brings the total species recorded for the Hawthorn Orchard and East Ithaca Rec. Way eBird hotspot to 177 cumulatively reported over the years by many eBirders since 2000; and 149 for me, here, spanning the same 21/22 years/seasons. Other birds of interest included a pretty scrappy-looking Broad-winged Hawk (photos), a couple of Eastern Wood-Pewees (photos), a possible Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (head-only view, briefly, Northeast corner), a single Swainson’s Thrush (ravine edge, mid-canopy), several flyby Cedar Waxwing flocks, three Tennessee Warblers (including one female), and a fairly cooperative bunch of about four Blackpoll Warblers (audio). We missed Stephanie Herrick’s Blackburnian Warbler, though, which was helpfully identified using the BirdNet App. Here’s the complete checklist with some media: https://ebird.org/checklist/S88728858 Good birding! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Chris Tessaglia-Hymes PO Box 488 8 Etna Lane Etna, NY 13062 607-351-5740 -- 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/ --
