Mark Chao decided to accept the challenge of finding me my first
breeding male Bay-breasted Warbler at Sapsucker Woods this morning.
As he had found one on his last five visits, he was feeling
confident. However, after we first wandered the trails near the
Woodleton Boardwalk, where he had
Nancy Chen and I enjoyed a nice but brief morning in the East Hill Orchards
today. The highlight (for me - Nancy just got back from a month in Florida
and was less excited) was prolonged looks at a soaring BLACK VULTURE
immediately overhead for several minutes, then drifting off to the west.
Among the birds banded this morning was our first Acadian Flycatcher of the
year.
Hummingbirds arrived late yesterday. The Acadian is a good week early and the
hummers a week late.
Avian arrivals have been all over the place in relation to our 24 year norm
whereas
plants have unifrmly been
Hi All,
I had a great morning of sound recording and birding in the Shindagin
Hollow area this morning (16 May 2010). After the wind started to pick
up around 9:30, I decided to explore a bit, and eventually stopped at a
fairly large shrubland area along Braley Hill Road. As soon as I got
Hi all,
This morning was the birdiest I have ever experienced at our property on Hunt
Hill Rd. I awoke at 5:30 to hear a Redstart singing outside my window. By 6
am the amount of bird song outside was incredible. There was quite a flock of
warblers singing away, which included 3 Northern
Today, the last day of SFO this year, I led a fine group of 11 around
Arnot. Fortunately the large tree that blocked the road for
yesterday's groups was out of the way, and we were able to drive to
the top. We saw/heard many of the birds reported by Meena and Dave
yesterday and can add the
Highlights of a walk in the woods and along edges at Arnot this morning:
* BAY-BREASTED WARBLERS (both genders) in forest treetops together;
* SCARLET TANAGER males fighting in the canopy;
* BALTIMORE ORIOLE pair copulating;
* BROWN CREEPER pair. one with a mouthful of nesting material; songs
Hello all,
It's pretty birdy out there. High Vista FLLT Preserve and the road along
the east side of Skaneateles Lake
yielded 2 YELLOW-THROATED VIREOS, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, YELLOW-BILLED
CUCKOO, Scarlet
Tanager, Indigo Bunting, YB Sapsucker, Wood Thrush, Veery, LOUISIANA
WATERTHRUSH,
