On Tuesday morning 9/11, the Campus Club Bird Study Group walked the Wilson Trail North. We birded out to just past the Sherwood Platform and then back to the Owens Observation Platform. Our big group of 23 had many beginner birders but we did manage to see good variety of birds, and finally we crossed paths with a warbler flock that was low enough for most of the group to get nice looks at. Mark Chao joined us for some time early on and as he mentioned, warblers found weren't all that cooperative for many of the group to see. High up in the trees. However, when some of us walked back to the Owens platform we ran into a nice group of warblers foraging fairly low in and among the Alders . This was about 10:30 AM.
Warblers seen this morning included: Northern Parula - one first year bird and an adult which we could still make out a faint rufous breast band. Chestnut-sided 3 Magnolia 1 Black-throated Green - up to 5 seen Blackburnian 1 Pine Warbler 1 Bay-breasted 1 Black and White 1 Ovenbird ( I found this one through the scope on a sapling out on the pond) Common Yellowthroat 2 We heard several Eastern Wood Peewee vocalizing and saw an Eastern Phoebe. Woodpeckers seen and heard included, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Hairy, Downy, Northern Flicker and Pileated. Three Belted Kingfishers were flying around the ponds. A Red-eyed Vireo was seen along with two Rose-breasted Grosbeaks. Two Great Blue Herons and a Wood Duck were seen on the pond. American Goldfinch seemed to be everywhere. We also came across Mourning Doves, Chickadees, Catbirds, Tufted Titmouse, Cedar Waxwing, American Robin, Red-winged Blackbird, House Finch, and a distant soaring Turkey Vulture. It was pretty active after the day of heavy rain, much warmer, and it was fun to find those warblers. Good birding, Gladys -- 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/ --
