About an hour ago, I had the great fortune to stumble on a male Golden-winged Warbler along Bald Hill Road just south of Grove School Road. I was sitting in my car, photographing redstarts when suddenly a bird flew to the edge of the road near me and perched on a low branch. A brilliant warbler I’d never seen before. I could barely hear his high pitched trill when he sang. He was only present for about 5 minutes, seemed to be moving through. I have photos and audio of him, i.d. confirmed by Merlin. Will share those on Facebook and eBird later.
Melissa Groo On Mon, May 8, 2023 at 8:30 PM Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes < c...@cornell.edu> wrote: > I apologize for the delayed post to Cayugabirds-L, but I did want to relay > on this eList—to those who are not actively engaged with the CayugaRBA > GroupMe alert app, or who have not set up an eBird RBA notification for > hourly rare bird sightings in Tompkins County—there was a shy adult male > GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER seen and heard singing infrequently at the Hawthorn > Orchard late this morning. The bird was foraging along the hedgerow located > nearest the Cornell University Softball field. I don’t know if it will > stick around tomorrow, but it may be worth checking the area. Most active > area for other warblers and vireos was the northwest corner area of the > Hawthorn Orchard, where birds were foraging among the oak leaf buds. > > Below is my eBird checklist with more details, including an audio > recording of the Golden-winged Warbler. > > Good birding! > > Sincerely, > Chris T-H > > Link to checklist with audio: https://ebird.org/checklist/S136641053 > > Hawthorn Orchard and East Ithaca Rec. Way, Tompkins, New York, US > May 8, 2023 8:45 AM - 11:59 AM > Protocol: Traveling > 1.793 mile(s) > Checklist Comments: Half-way decent start to spring migration. Mostly > ones and twos. Most singing and foraging early in northwest corner from oak > tree tops and in northeast corner in maples and along hedgerow behind > softball field. Male Golden-winged Warbler was foraging and singing along > hedgerow near trail entrance behind softball field—seen and heard well. > 55 species > > Mourning Dove 3 > Chimney Swift 2 > American Woodcock 1 Flushed from about central-southeast area, near > spot with large cluster of fiddleheads along somewhat open pathway. > Ring-billed Gull 4 > Turkey Vulture 7 > Bald Eagle 1 Adult, soaring > Broad-winged Hawk 1 > Red-tailed Hawk 2 > Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 Drumming > Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 > Downy Woodpecker 1 > Hairy Woodpecker 1 > Pileated Woodpecker 1 > Least Flycatcher 5 Several locations > Yellow-throated Vireo 1 Northwest corner > Blue-headed Vireo 1 Northwest corner and later, northeast corner. > Warbling Vireo 2 Northwest corner > Red-eyed Vireo 2 Two birds singing, one seen. North ravine edge, > northwest corner > Blue Jay 7 > American Crow 8 > Black-capped Chickadee 5 > Tufted Titmouse 2 > Tree Swallow 4 > Barn Swallow 9 > Ruby-crowned Kinglet 7 > White-breasted Nuthatch 1 > House Wren 1 > Carolina Wren 2 > European Starling 9 > Gray Catbird 6 > Brown Thrasher 2 Near shack by south rugby field. > American Robin 8 > Purple Finch 1 > American Goldfinch 6 > Chipping Sparrow 1 > White-crowned Sparrow 1 Feeding on dandelion seeds behind softball > field. > White-throated Sparrow 16 > Savannah Sparrow 1 > Song Sparrow 6 > Swamp Sparrow 1 Near creek located behind shed by south rugby field. > Baltimore Oriole 2 > Red-winged Blackbird 11 > Brown-headed Cowbird 2 > Common Grackle 2 > Ovenbird 1 Northwest corner > Golden-winged Warbler 1 Beautiful adult male, singing very soft, > almost whispered “Beee-bzzzbzzzbzzz.” Audio recorded. In hedgerow along > northeast entrance behind softball field, maple hillside. > Black-and-white Warbler 1 Northwest corner > Nashville Warbler 1 Northeast corner in hedgerow > Common Yellowthroat 3 > Northern Parula 2 Northwest corner > Blackburnian Warbler 1 Northwest corner > Yellow Warbler 3 Northwest corner > Yellow-rumped Warbler 2 Northwest corner > Northern Cardinal 6 > Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 > > -- > Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes — Field Applications Engineer > K. 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