My usual multi-day May birding vacation got off to a great start this morning, When I stepped out of the house ~8:45 to drive over to my mechanic for an inspection and oil change (going upstate on a birding trip tomorrow), I was instantly waylaid by all the birdsong spilling out of the treetops out back. My departure was delayed for 30 minutes as I tried (and mostly succeeded) at spotting the following:
E. Kingbird: 1 Blue-headed Vireo: 1 Catbird: 1 Baltimore Oriole: 2-3 WARBLERS Black-and-White: 2-3 Nashville: 1 N. Parula: 3-4 Yellow: 1 Chestnut-sided: 1 Pine: 1 (probable local breeder) Yellow-rumped Warbler: >10 Black-throated Green: 2 Just an hour later only a handful of Yellow-rumps and the 1 Yellow could be heard. Over the years, the presence of neotropical migrants in such numbers in my yard has correlated with significant pushes of migrants throughout the region. The same held true today, as reflected by many of the other reports here, from upstate to the east end of Long Island. Unfortunately I've also noticed over the years that there isn't an inverse correlation--my yard has all too often been devoid of migrants on days when seemingly everywhere else is overrun. But I'll gladly take them when they do come my way. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
