[cayugabirds-l] Ruddy Turnstone, Myers Point
An adult Ruddy Turnstone is foraging on the spit at Myers Point. No other storm birds in evidence. Jay -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Mourning Warbler -Danby
Almost my first bird this morning was a Mourning Warbler singing in the familiar breeding territory on the west side of Bald Hill Road, opposite the yellow gate, in the Danby State Forest. Across the road one or two Pine Warblers sang frequently (OK, I’m paying more attention to them!) -Geo -- 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/ --
Re:[cayugabirds-l] Warblers!
Hi everyone, I have received several requests for more information about where the parking area is that is close to the Black Diamond trail above the Cayuga Nature Center. It is on Houghton Road, off Garret Road west of route 89. If you type 2055 Houghton Rd into a mapping app, it should take you to that u-shaped parking area that also has access to Cayuga Nature Center trails. Diane On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 1:30 PM Diane Morton wrote: > Inspired by Dave Nutter's post about warblers along the Black Diamond > Trail, Ken and I decided to walk a section of the Black Diamond trail that > is accessible from a parking area above the Cayuga Nature Center. Right > away we started seeing/hearing yellow warblers, catbirds, yellowthroats and > song and field sparrows. But also a gorgeous Cape May warbler in a tree > right at the parking area. > On the Black Diamond trail we ran into our first large mixed warbler flock > of this spring. Lots of yellow-rumps, but also Nashville, Black-throated > Green, Northern Parula, Redstart, Chestnut-sided, Palm and Magnolia > warblers busily foraging. So fun to see them flitting through the trees, > though they were mostly backlit from our vantage point. We also heard our > first Red-eyed Vireo of the year, heard a drumming Ruffed Grouse and saw a > Veery. On our way back we had very close views of 2 Northern Parulas > foraging for insects in the new leaves of a small maple! In all, we found > 54 species on our 2.6 mile round-trip walk. > > Good birding, > Diane Morton > -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn, with Sound ID Question
Walked to the hawthorns and back this morning. Quickly heard and saw a male scarlet tanager en route on Honness Lane, and later had two in the same tree along the recway. On a couple occasions they flew to the trunk of the tree and perched briefly woodpecker style -- too briefly for photos, alas. Makes me wonder if they're so desparate for food that they're willing to resort to woodpecker/nutchatch/creeper strategies. Also plenty of orioles still easy to see in the leafless trees, and many "meeps" from grosbeaks who, for some reason, haven't been as easy to see (except the one time in a totally backlit situation). Missed a huge photo-op with a Brown Thrasher belting out its double songs at the top of a tree, which first triggered some catbirds below to reciprocate -- their quieter jumble song was no match -- and then a tiny dot flew right up next to the thrasher. Grab binoculars: Cape May Warbler! Grab camera: warbler departs! That would've been an awesome shot! Well, at least I got my FOY Cape May, having been jealous of everyone else having seen them already, it seems. Hawthorn was still mostly devoid of warblers: a yellow, some yellowthroats, a black-throated green heard from northeast of the softball field. Still plenty of wood thrushes making whip sounds. A very cooperative Chestnut-sided Warbler, who was singing there yesterday with a less cooperative Canada Warbler that never showed itself and soon disappeared, was seen again today along the recway (next to the two scarlet tanagers). Also heard Least Flycatcher che-becks for the first time; I'd been seeing silent empids for a few days, but this was my first confirmation. One interesting sound was a series of repeated "mip"s, pattern reminiscent of a falcon, coming from the hawthorn orchard, just south of the main crossroad in the north with the big apple tree. I had heard this call once last year, and a few times this year, but the singer seems allergic to sound recorders, as it would invariably stop calling once I got my phone out and set up to record... that is, until today. Anyone know what this is?: http://suan-yong.com/sound/2020-05-15-hawthorn-mips-3.wav Suan -- 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/ --
