I wasn't able to see or hear a Sedge Wren this morning. The only wren was a
House Wren for me. I did have my FOS BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO. I may try again later
today.
Gary
On May 23, 2011, at 11:20 AM, Jay McGowan wrote:
Chris and Jessie's Sedge Wren was still in the same area on Hile School Road
this morning but very uncooperative. I only heard a few chips and one half
song. Lots of Alder Flycatchers were in this area, as well as Blue-winged
Warbler and Nashville Warbler. I heard some very odd loud vocalizations coming
from the woodlot to the east along the road that at one point culminated in an
extremely Red-headed Woodpecker-like call, but I am still unclear on what was
making these calls.
George Road was pretty quiet, with 1 Least Sandpiper, 1 Semipalmated Plover, 2
Killdeer, 2 Spotted Sandpipers, and a female Wood Duck with four tiny chicks
(as well as the usual 60+ Bank Swallows.) I heard Blackpoll Warblers in at
least four locations in Dryden, and both Alder and Willow flycatchers were
vocalizing near Dryden Lake. So far Alder Flycatchers seem more abundant than
they were last year.
Also, I forgot to mention, after birding the Hawthorn Orchard with Hope
Batcheller on Saturday morning (where we could add Blackburnian Warbler and
Red-breasted Nuthatch to Chris's list), we tried for Grasshopper Sparrows on
West King and Sandbank Roads on South Hill. We were unsuccessful with this,
but the number of Bobolinks in those fields was truly impressive, probably over
40 birds along that stretch. Saturday morning in my yard I had a singing
Wilson's Warbler (great bird for the neighborhoods) and two Northern Parulas.
Today just a singing Blackpoll Warbler.
Finally, walking into the Lab this morning I had three American Crows and a
Fish Crow circling around over the parking lots, being mobbed by various
blackbirds.
Jay McGowan
Ithaca, NY
On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 10:44 PM, Dave Nutter
nutter.d...@me.commailto:nutter.d...@me.com wrote:
This evening on the CayugaRBA text message service Chris Wood Jessie Barry
reported a SEDGE WREN at the stream crossing on Hile School Rd This very neat
area is just east of NYS-38 northwest of Freeville in the Town of Dryden, and I
believe it is a bit outside the Cayuga Lake Basin with the stream flowing north
there to Owasco Lake out of a wetland in a saddle on the Cayuga Lake Basin's
border.
--Dave Nutter
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