All, I was doing Breeding Bird Atlasing on my block in Beaver Meadow SF northern Chenango County today and came across a singing Kentucky Warbler, What is most unusual is that it was amid many northern breeders in a mixed northern hardwood/spruce forest. At the same time this bird was singing, I had BLACKBURNIAN, MAGNOLIA, BLACK THROATED BLUE WARBLERS, RED BREASTED NUTHATCHES and other birds of northern affinities singing. It was quite a surprise to hear this "southerner" amid the others. Fortunately, I was able to get some photos. I did almost a 10 mile loop on my block through mostly northern hardwood/spruce/pine forests and was happy to see that (at least in this location) many species seemed very common to abundant. I tallied 77 singing OVENBIRDS! I also had 32 BLACKBURNIAN WARBLERS in nearly 10 miles. In any event, it was a great day to be out before the storms hit.
ebird list is here w/ KEWA photos.... https://ebird.org/atlasny/checklist/S110986836 Best, Dave Nicosia -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
