I apologize for the delayed post to Cayugabirds-L, but I did want to relay on this eList—to those who are not actively engaged with the CayugaRBA GroupMe alert app, or who have not set up an eBird RBA notification for hourly rare bird sightings in Tompkins County—there was a shy adult male GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER seen and heard singing infrequently at the Hawthorn Orchard late this morning. The bird was foraging along the hedgerow located nearest the Cornell University Softball field. I don’t know if it will stick around tomorrow, but it may be worth checking the area. Most active area for other warblers and vireos was the northwest corner area of the Hawthorn Orchard, where birds were foraging among the oak leaf buds.
Below is my eBird checklist with more details, including an audio recording of the Golden-winged Warbler. Good birding! Sincerely, Chris T-H Link to checklist with audio: https://ebird.org/checklist/S136641053 Hawthorn Orchard and East Ithaca Rec. Way, Tompkins, New York, US May 8, 2023 8:45 AM - 11:59 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.793 mile(s) Checklist Comments: Half-way decent start to spring migration. Mostly ones and twos. Most singing and foraging early in northwest corner from oak tree tops and in northeast corner in maples and along hedgerow behind softball field. Male Golden-winged Warbler was foraging and singing along hedgerow near trail entrance behind softball field—seen and heard well. 55 species Mourning Dove 3 Chimney Swift 2 American Woodcock 1 Flushed from about central-southeast area, near spot with large cluster of fiddleheads along somewhat open pathway. Ring-billed Gull 4 Turkey Vulture 7 Bald Eagle 1 Adult, soaring Broad-winged Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 Drumming Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Least Flycatcher 5 Several locations Yellow-throated Vireo 1 Northwest corner Blue-headed Vireo 1 Northwest corner and later, northeast corner. Warbling Vireo 2 Northwest corner Red-eyed Vireo 2 Two birds singing, one seen. North ravine edge, northwest corner Blue Jay 7 American Crow 8 Black-capped Chickadee 5 Tufted Titmouse 2 Tree Swallow 4 Barn Swallow 9 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 7 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 House Wren 1 Carolina Wren 2 European Starling 9 Gray Catbird 6 Brown Thrasher 2 Near shack by south rugby field. American Robin 8 Purple Finch 1 American Goldfinch 6 Chipping Sparrow 1 White-crowned Sparrow 1 Feeding on dandelion seeds behind softball field. White-throated Sparrow 16 Savannah Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 6 Swamp Sparrow 1 Near creek located behind shed by south rugby field. Baltimore Oriole 2 Red-winged Blackbird 11 Brown-headed Cowbird 2 Common Grackle 2 Ovenbird 1 Northwest corner Golden-winged Warbler 1 Beautiful adult male, singing very soft, almost whispered “Beee-bzzzbzzzbzzz.” Audio recorded. In hedgerow along northeast entrance behind softball field, maple hillside. Black-and-white Warbler 1 Northwest corner Nashville Warbler 1 Northeast corner in hedgerow Common Yellowthroat 3 Northern Parula 2 Northwest corner Blackburnian Warbler 1 Northwest corner Yellow Warbler 3 Northwest corner Yellow-rumped Warbler 2 Northwest corner Northern Cardinal 6 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 -- 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/ --
