There appears to be a resident Orchard Oriole along Lower Creek Road in the Town of Dryden, west of the Hamlet of Etna.
While biking to work on May 26 (Friday), I first heard an Orchard Oriole singing in a treetop over Fall Creek, on the south side of Lower Creek Road, at the first rise in the road as you head west toward Route 13 from the intersection with Pinckney Road. Simultaneously, a single Yellow-billed Cuckoo called on this day. Here is an eBird checklist I submitted for my entire trek into work by bike, with audio recording of the Orchard Oriole (and Yellow-billed Cuckoo in the background): https://ebird.org/checklist/S139288956 The Orchard Oriole was still present this morning, May 30, on our bike ride to work. I didn’t make a recording but Diane and I both heard it singing from the same location as described above. Here is today’s eBird checklist for my entire trek into work: https://ebird.org/checklist/S139871629 It is also likely that a Yellow-billed Cuckoo is resident at the above location as well. It was first detected on May 22, calling from the same area where the Orchard Oriole has been heard. The cuckoo was heard again on May 24 and May 26, all while biking past during my/our morning trek to work. Here are my YBCU-related checklists: https://ebird.org/checklist/S138825120, https://ebird.org/checklist/S139068877, and https://ebird.org/checklist/S139288956 (same as the checklist with the Orchard Oriole noted in the first paragraph above). Heard entirely from the immediate creekside trees (both sides). Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes — Field Applications Engineer K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics, Cornell Lab of Ornithology Cornell University, 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850, USA Work: +1 607-254-2418 Mobile: +1 607-351-5740 FAX: +1 607-254-1132 https://bioacoustics.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/ --
