Hi all, Ton Schat and I did our annual "big day" of birding yesterday. We ended with a total of 131 species, below our target of 140 but still not too bad given the conditions. Below is our eBIRD report.
We had a great start to the day at 2:45 am, with no wind and a slightly overcast to clear sky which was ideal for owling and listening for rails. But later, the weather turned ugly! The wind was horrible by around 8 am and certainly by the time we started up the lake at 1:30. We were doing fairly well until then, although we missed some key birds such as Barred Owl, (not at Deputron nor Shindagin!), Hooded Warbler and Mourning Warbler (not at Shindagin nor Hammond Hill); no Orchard Oriole at Salt Point, no Meadowlark, no Indigo Buntings (I think they are not back yet!), no Wood Peewee. And, the shorebirds were few and far between, no ducks on the white-capped lake other than at Stewart Park. It was weird. But, we ended up at Van Dyne Spoor Rd. around 8 pm for an amazing storm that produced the most intense rainbow we've ever seen! And, we heard American Bittern spontaneously calling and saw Common Gallinule, coot and pied billed grebe. But, we were freezing in the gale! Lots of fun, 131 total species (last year was 140) and pretty satisfying. Laura Stenzler l...@cornell.edu Cayuga Lake Basin, US-NY May 12, 2013 2:45 AM - 9:45 PM Protocol: Traveling 229.0 mile(s) Comments: BIG DAY 2013, from Shindagin Hollow in the south to Carncross Rd. in the north. 131 species: X means the bird was seen, but no number reported Greater White-fronted Goose 1 ( In field along Van Dyne Spoor Rd., north end) Snow Goose 8 (2 at MNWR visitor center, 6 at Puddler's Marsh at the end of Towpath Rd.) Canada Goose X Trumpeter Swan 1 (1 wing-tagged bird (green tag #207) at Morgan Rd. (pretty sure Trumpeter....)) Wood Duck X Gadwall X (Tschache Pool) American Black Duck X Mallard X Northern Shoveler X (Tschache Pool) Green-winged Teal X (MNWR Wildlife Drive) Redhead X (Tschache Pool) Ring-necked Duck X (Stewart Park) Lesser Scaup X (Stewart Park) Hooded Merganser X (Stewart Park) Common Merganser X (Stewart Park) Ruddy Duck 13 (2 at Stewart Park, 11 more at Puddler Marsh of Towpath Rd.) Ruffed Grouse X Wild Turkey X Common Loon 2 (Ladoga Park) Pied-billed Grebe X (Van Dyne Spoor Rd., Tschache Pool) Double-crested Cormorant 4 (Stewart Park, Van Dyne Spoor) American Bittern 1 (Van Dyne Spoor Rd., calling spontaneously) Great Blue Heron X Turkey Vulture X Osprey X Northern Harrier X Cooper's Hawk X Bald Eagle X Broad-winged Hawk X (Along Shindagin Hollow Rd.) Red-tailed Hawk X Virginia Rail X (Thomas Rd. Wetland) Common Gallinule 3 ( Van Dyne Spoor Rd.) American Coot X (Tschache Pool, Van Dyne Spoor Rd.) Killdeer X Spotted Sandpiper X Solitary Sandpiper X (MNWR Wildlife Drive) Greater Yellowlegs X (MNWR Wildlife Drive) Lesser Yellowlegs X (MNWR Wildlife Drive) Least Sandpiper X (MNWR Wildlife Drive) American Woodcock X Ring-billed Gull X Herring Gull X Great Black-backed Gull X Caspian Tern X (Stewart Park) Black Tern X ((MNWR Wildlife Drive, Main Pool) Rock Pigeon X Mourning Dove X Eastern Screech-Owl 2 ( Corner of Lounsbery and Landon Rds., Brooktondale) Great Horned Owl X (from Star Stanton Rd., Hammond Hill State Forest) Chimney Swift X Ruby-throated Hummingbird X Red-bellied Woodpecker X Yellow-bellied Sapsucker X Downy Woodpecker X Hairy Woodpecker X Northern Flicker X American Kestrel X Least Flycatcher X Eastern Phoebe X Great Crested Flycatcher X Eastern Kingbird X Yellow-throated Vireo X Blue-headed Vireo X Warbling Vireo X Red-eyed Vireo X Blue Jay X American Crow X Common Raven X Northern Rough-winged Swallow X Purple Martin X Tree Swallow X Bank Swallow X Barn Swallow X Black-capped Chickadee X Tufted Titmouse X White-breasted Nuthatch X Brown Creeper X House Wren X Winter Wren X Marsh Wren X (Van Dyne Spoor Rd) Carolina Wren X Blue-gray Gnatcatcher X Eastern Bluebird X Veery X Wood Thrush X American Robin X Gray Catbird X Northern Mockingbird X Brown Thrasher X European Starling X Ovenbird X Louisiana Waterthrush X Northern Waterthrush X Blue-winged Warbler X Black-and-white Warbler X Nashville Warbler X Common Yellowthroat X American Redstart X Cerulean Warbler X (Armitage Rd) Northern Parula X (Shindagin Hollow; Start Stanton Rd., Hammond Hill State Forest) Magnolia Warbler X Blackburnian Warbler X Yellow Warbler X Chestnut-sided Warbler X Black-throated Blue Warbler X Pine Warbler X (Comstock Knoll, Cornell campus) Yellow-rumped Warbler X Prairie Warbler X (Park Preserve, Dryden) Black-throated Green Warbler X Canada Warbler X (Deputron Rd., Brooktondale) Eastern Towhee X Chipping Sparrow X Field Sparrow X Savannah Sparrow X Song Sparrow X Swamp Sparrow X White-crowned Sparrow X Dark-eyed Junco X Scarlet Tanager X Northern Cardinal X Rose-breasted Grosbeak X Bobolink X Red-winged Blackbird X Common Grackle X Brown-headed Cowbird X Baltimore Oriole X Purple Finch X House Finch X Pine Siskin X (Flock of 25 at Ellis Highlands, Dryden and another 4 at Hunt Hill Rd. feeders) American Goldfinch X House Sparrow X Laura Stenzler l...@cornell.edu<mailto:l...@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/ --
