[cayugabirds-l] B-t Blue Warbler
A Black-throated Blue Warbler is among the flood of new arrivals around my home this morning. -Geo Geo Kloppel Bowmaker Restorer 227 Tupper Road Spencer NY 14883 607 564 7026 g...@cornell.edu geoklop...@gmail.com -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Catbird
Not a huge fallout by any means in our yard today, but we do have our year's first CATBIRD and Barn Swallow. Laura Laura Stenzler l...@cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Least Flycatcher
Not as much noise around the property this morning as I hoped, but I had a LEAST FLYCATCHER make a brief, but loud appearance over my deck, and a Brown Thrasher is singing along the power cut. Kevin Yellow Barn Road, Freeville Ithaca, NY 14850 k...@cornell.edumailto:k...@cornell.edu http://birds.cornell.edu/crows/ -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods this AM
Hi all, Today I took an early morning walk through Sapscuker Woods. It wasn't the huge influx of warblers that I was hoping for, but there were some good birds around. There were many newly arrived Wood Thrushes, some Hermit Thrushes, my first Gray Catbird of the spring, and many Yellow-rumped Warblers. Also new for me was a single Great-crested Flycatcher and Black-throated Green Warbler. One Rusty Blackbird was still singing as well. Good birding, Shawn -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] A few new yard birds today
Last night, I listened to the night migration, hearing American Bittern and Yellow-billed Cuckoo as well as others. This morning announced the arrival of Ovenbirds, Black-throated Greens, foy Wood Thrush, Rose-breasted Grosbeaks and a Baltimore Oriole. Jeff -- Jeff Gerbracht Lead Application Developer Neotropical Birds, Breeding Bird Atlas, eBird Cornell Lab of Ornithology 607-254-2117 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Monkey Run arrivals
Location: ** Monkey Run--SE loop Observation date: 5/1/10 Notes: Great conditions last night with light south winds. A large number of arrivals at Monkey Run this morning. The biggest surprise by far was a male GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER. WEATHER: 60F. Calm. Mostly cloudy (90% cloud cover). OBSERVERS: Chris Wood and Jessie Barry. Number of species: 58 Canada Goose - Branta canadensis 2 Wood Duck - Aix sponsa 3 Common Merganser - Mergus merganser 2 Ruffed Grouse - Bonasa umbellus 2 Wild Turkey - Meleagris gallopavo 2 Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura 3 Belted Kingfisher - Megaceryle alcyon 3 Red-bellied Woodpecker - Melanerpes carolinus 3 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - Sphyrapicus varius 5 Downy Woodpecker - Picoides pubescens 4 Hairy Woodpecker - Picoides villosus 5 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) - Colaptes auratus [auratus Group] 4 Pileated Woodpecker - Dryocopus pileatus 1 Least Flycatcher - Empidonax minimus 1 Calling; giving whit notes. FOS. Eastern Phoebe - Sayornis phoebe 4 Blue Jay - Cyanocitta cristata 16 Included one pulse of 9 that were high up heading north. American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos 7 Tree Swallow - Tachycineta bicolor 2 Northern Rough-winged Swallow - Stelgidopteryx serripennis 1 Black-capped Chickadee - Poecile atricapillus 14 Tufted Titmouse - Baeolophus bicolor 7 Red-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta canadensis 4 White-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta carolinensis 1 Brown Creeper - Certhia americana 4 House Wren - Troglodytes aedon 10 Winter Wren (Eastern) - Troglodytes troglodytes [hiemalis Group] 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Regulus calendula 3 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Polioptila caerulea 2 Veery - Catharus fuscescens 1 Heard giving thick veer calls. Hermit Thrush - Catharus guttatus 1 Singing from our yard. American Robin - Turdus migratorius 13 Gray Catbird - Dumetella carolinensis 4 Brown Thrasher - Toxostoma rufum 1 European Starling - Sturnus vulgaris 2 Cedar Waxwing - Bombycilla cedrorum 12 Blue-winged Warbler - Vermivora pinus 4 FOS. GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER - Vermivora chrysoptera 1 **Rare. Singing male along the river. It soon flew far to the north into Monkey Run north. If people are interested in looking for it, I suggest checking Monkey Run north. Nashville Warbler - Vermivora ruficapilla 1 Singing on far east side of RR tracks. Yellow Warbler - Dendroica petechia 5 Chestnut-sided Warbler - Dendroica pensylvanica 1 Singing male. FOS. Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) - Dendroica coronata coronata 9 Pine Warbler - Dendroica pinus 11 Ovenbird - Seiurus aurocapilla 9 Arrived in big numbers last night. Common Yellowthroat - Geothlypis trichas 2 Eastern Towhee - Pipilo erythrophthalmus 8 Chipping Sparrow - Spizella passerina 10 Field Sparrow - Spizella pusilla 1 Song Sparrow - Melospiza melodia 14 White-throated Sparrow - Zonotrichia albicollis 13 Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) - Junco hyemalis hyemalis/carolinensis 5 Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis 19 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - Pheucticus ludovicianus 3 Red-winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus 12 Flyovers. Common Grackle - Quiscalus quiscula 3 Flyovers. Brown-headed Cowbird - Molothrus ater 9 Purple Finch (Eastern) - Carpodacus purpureus purpureus 4 Flyovers. House Finch - Carpodacus mexicanus 1 American Goldfinch - Carduelis tristis 11 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) Chris Wood eBird Neotropical Birds Project Leader Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York http://ebird.org http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] New arrivals and photo information
We had a short banding morning before wind forced us to close. We had several hansome male Yellow Warblers and our first Chestnut-sided (a very bright male) and Eastern White-crowned Sparrows. Photos of the above will be on the khamolists...@yahoogroups.com soon. For historical photos such as the plumage variations we've been discussing, see our website. We have some of the red shaft pics as well as some very unique Cedar Waxwing tail band color variations/wax deposits. With only two people we often are too busy to take photos of anything but rarities. Nice to see spring and so many new birds. John -- John and Sue Gregoire Field Ornithologists Kestrel Haven Avian Migration Observatory 5373 Fitzgerald Road Burdett,NY 14818-9626 Website: http://www.empacc.net/~kestrelhaven/ Conserve and Create Habitat -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] New Arrivals in Richford
Wow! Lots of new birds here this morning. Highlights so far: NASHVILLE WARBLER- 6 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER- 1 YELLOW WARBLER- 1 BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER- 1 OVENBIRD- 2 MAGNOLIA WARBLER- 1 COMMON YELLOWTHROAT- 1 All but the Yellow-rump were new today. Our other new arrivals were ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK and GREEN HERON. 44 species and the day is still young! Good Birding, David McCartt Tubbs Hill Rd. Richford -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Bobolinks and White Crowned
We had one White crowned Sparrow last evening which was joined by two others this morning...also Bobolinks have begun to arrive in our back fields in Brooktondale. Time is the friend of the wonderful company, the enemy of the mediocre. Warren Buffett Thomas Hoebbel Photo~Video www.TH-Photo.com 607-539-6121 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Kestrel Haven information
In addition to the photos and information on our website (below), we routinely post to our natural history group at khamolists...@yahoogroups.com. This list allows photo enclosures and we maintain it as a closed group to prevent spammers. We extend an invitation to anyone interested in joining. You will get an advisory of the closed group from yahoo but simply tell us who you are on the request and we'll approve you for the group. To start the process send an email to khamolistserv-subscr...@yahoogroups.com. We hope to see you there. Best, JS -- John and Sue Gregoire Field Ornithologists Kestrel Haven Avian Migration Observatory 5373 Fitzgerald Road Burdett,NY 14818-9626 Website: http://www.empacc.net/~kestrelhaven/ Conserve and Create Habitat -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] warblers
In previous years I haven't had much luck seeing migrating warblers around my home, so I headed out early this morning to hunt some down. I didn't find quite as many as I hoped, though a CERULEAN WARBLER at Jetty Woods was exciting. Within five minutes of getting back home, however, I had stunning eye-level views of MAGNOLIA, NASHVILLE, and BLUE-WINGED WARBLERS. Sydney Penner 43 N. Landon Rd. Ithaca, NY 14850 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Jetty Woods Saturday morning
I went to the Jetty Woods north of Newman golf course this morning from 9 until 11. Beautiful shirt-sleeve weather with no wind. I saw 23 species including 4 warblers. The best for me was a blue-winged warbler, first time I have found it myself. I spent 15 minutes trying to locate a singing warbler. I knew it was close, I searched every tree and bush, and finally found it down by the water, a norther waterthrush. Every spring I have to relearn my bird songs. Another cool thing was seeing a pair of wood ducks land in a tree. Wood Duck Hooded Merganser Red-bellied Woodpecker Northern Flicker Least Flycatcher Carolina Wren Gray Catbird Song Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Chipping Sparrow Yellow Warbler American Redstart (many) Northern Waterthrush American Goldfinch Bob -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Red-eyed Vireo
More good things at home: BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER and two RED-EYED VIREOS. I don't recall the latter having been reported yet. Sydney Penner 43 N. Landon Rd. Ithaca, NY 14850 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Shindagin Hollow this morning
Lots of birds in Shindagin this morning... and one gentlemen dressed in camouflage from head to toe carrying a large gun. I didn't ask what he was hunting. I started at 8:00 and birded along the road to the bottom of the basin, driving and stopping here and there to walk around a bit. At about 8:45 I drove out and then went up Braley Road to the first parking lot on the left, and hiked from there. Here are the highlights: Black-throated Blue Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Ovenbird Black-and-White Warbler Louisiana Waterthrush Northern Waterthrush Yellow-rumped Warbler Common Yellowthroat Chestnut-sided Warbler Brown Thrasher (near water at bottom of basin) Least Flycatcher (near water at bottom of basin) Rose-breasted Grosbeak Yellow-billed Cuckoo (heard once) Hermit Thrush Wood Thrush Anne Marie Johnson -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Tompkins Co. migrants - May 1
Cayugabirders, I birded around Tompkins County all morning and enjoyed the first real blast of neotropical passerine migrants, though lots of short-distance migrants were involved as well. Notable arrivals that I didn't see mentioned elsewhere on the listserv include Yellow-throated Vireo (Bruce Hill Rd., Danby), Wilson's Warbler (Mt. Pleasant, Dryden), and Prairie Warbler (Park Preserve, Dryden). I ended the day early with 127 species including 18 warblers in Tompkins Co. (with help from Carolyn Sedgwick, Brad Walker, Shawn Billerman, and Jay McGowan at various points throughout the morning). Further details will be posted to eBird. Cheers, Tom -- Thomas Brodie Johnson Ithaca, NY t...@cornell.edu mobile: 717.991.5727 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Shindagin Hollow this morning
Today is the opening day of spring turkey season. It ends at noon daily and the last day is May 31. On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 14:41, Anne Marie Johnson annemariejohn...@frontiernet.net wrote: Lots of birds in Shindagin this morning... and one gentlemen dressed in camouflage from head to toe carrying a large gun. I didn't ask what he was hunting. I started at 8:00 and birded along the road to the bottom of the basin, driving and stopping here and there to walk around a bit. At about 8:45 I drove out and then went up Braley Road to the first parking lot on the left, and hiked from there. Here are the highlights: Black-throated Blue Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Ovenbird Black-and-White Warbler Louisiana Waterthrush Northern Waterthrush Yellow-rumped Warbler Common Yellowthroat Chestnut-sided Warbler Brown Thrasher (near water at bottom of basin) Least Flycatcher (near water at bottom of basin) Rose-breasted Grosbeak Yellow-billed Cuckoo (heard once) Hermit Thrush Wood Thrush Anne Marie Johnson -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Finally!
Don't know when it first arrived since Kathy S. I were in TX a wk. but today I saw a WHITE CROWNED SPARROW under the feeder out on the clotheline arm. Ah, the scissor-tailed flycatchers in TX were beautiful quite numerous!! And what brilliant yellow feet the snowy egret has!!! While we enjoyed the birds, as nature lovers we also enjoyed the colorful Indian Paintbrush, TX Bluebonnets many other flowers also always thought of Meena as we watched the many butterflies darners. Kathy I went to the 3rd annual Montezuma Audubon Center festivities near Savannah this afternoon. Saw numerous ospreys along the way. Also saw an adult bald eagle hunting over the waterway to the left of the main entrance of MNWR plus a p-b grebe Canadas. Glad to see the martins are back at the visitors center but other than them, 1 barn several tree swallows a few Canadas a killdeer we saw little there. Knox Marcellus had 2 cormorants, the lone snow goose (which I suspect may be injured since it's been there for at least 3 mos.), 2 swans ... suspect trumpeters ... 6 gadwall, 5 or 6 GBHs, Canadas ? gulls, probably ring billed. We had other birds but nothing to compare with what you other folks have reported for yesterday today 'cause we just didn't follow you! Hope your luck follows at Cape May. Fritzie -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Prom night for toads
Following Tom's great Whip-poor-will find of yestereve, I was determined to be on watch at the appropriate time. I couldn't think of a better place to station myself than by the pond right outside my shop, a location that has produced 3 Whip-poor-will records in the past 14 years. Never mind that two of those were on successive nights in September, 1996, and that the third (May, 1998) may have represented the same individual returning to a remembered migration stop. It still seemed as fair a prospect as any. As it turned out, there was no Whip for me tonight, but numerous bats came out, and the toads were holding one whale of a pool-party! The water was seething! After a while I retreated 100' from the water's edge, to save my ears, and to have a better chance of actually hearing a Whip-poor-will if one should pass. Can't wait to learn if anyone was over on West Jersey Hill Road this evening. In my own (very limited) experience a repeat performance after 24 hours is perfectly possible... -Geo Geo Kloppel Bowmaker Restorer 227 Tupper Road Spencer NY 14883 607 564 7026 g...@cornell.edu geoklop...@gmail.com -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] More Saturday migrants
Wow, what a day! My main contribution to the migration stories is from my early morning trip to Mt. Pleasant (although not as early as Tom!) to view morning flight at my favorite spot at the base of the radio tower road across from the woodlot with spruces. I was there from 6-8 am and had a steady stream of migrants - most of which work their way to the north-most trees in this woodlot, often singing, and then take off into the sky across the ag fields. In the time I was there I saw over 50 warblers of 10 species (mostly Yellow-rumps though), including adult male BLACK-THROATED GREEN (3), BLACK-THROATED BLUE, REDSTART, BLUE-WINGED, and several NASHVILLE. Also of note were over 100 BLUE JAYS migrating north in small, loose groups, sev. ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS, BALTIMORE ORIOLES, and SCARLET TANAGER. Later in the morning, Anne and I walked the east trails at Sapsucker Woods, where we saw a BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, CATBIRD, and at least 5 NORTHERN WATERTHRUSHES, as well as a noisy flock of 15-20 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS moving through the wet woods, flipping leaves on the ground, and singing up a storm. Back home in the yard was a singing BLACK-THROATED BLUE and a (more unusual) singing EASTERN TOWHEE which seems to have taken up residence near some brush piles in the back of my yard and in an abandoned yard behind our lot - I usually don't associate them with suburban neighborhoods, but maybe there's just enough brush for him to stake a territory. A fly-over KINGFISHER and 3 WOOD DUCKS were welcome yard birds, as was a BARRED OWL which was calling out my window at 9:30 this evening - only the second time I've heard one in the neighborhood. Good birding, KEN ** Ken Rosenberg Director of Conservation Science Cornell Lab of Ornithology Ithaca NY 14850 Phone: 607-254-2412 cell: 607-342-4594 k...@cornell.edu www.birds.cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
