It was a relatively quiet day today. Most of the migrants could be seen and heard passing right overhead well into the morning. The few that stopped in were silent or gone by 10:30AM. Initially birded alone, then was joined by Asher Hockett for a bit, followed by Reuben Stoltzfus, after which I was joined by my colleague Dave Winiarski. Saw several other birders there as the morning progressed. But, it was disappointingly quiet, given the weather and time of year.
Highlights are in bold, below. Not sure what the next few days will have in store for us. It’s very muddy in there! Good birding! Sincerely, Chris T-H For map and trail info, see this message: https://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/msg22115.html Begin forwarded message: From: "Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes" <c...@cornell.edu<mailto:c...@cornell.edu>> Subject: eBird -- Hawthorn Orchard and East Ithaca Rec. Way -- May 17, 2019 Date: May 17, 2019 at 12:33:48 PM EDT To: "Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes" <c...@cornell.edu<mailto:c...@cornell.edu>> Hawthorn Orchard and East Ithaca Rec. Way May 17, 2019 06:33 Traveling 1.75 miles 330 Minutes All birds reported? Yes Comments: Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 1.6.5 Build 36 2 Canada Goose 5 Mallard 9 Mourning Dove 1 Black-billed Cuckoo -- Never heard, but seen well, briefly; even saw an obvious red eye-ring. Very cool. Bird was perched down low, at Eastern edge of pasture on South side of Hawthorn Orchard, very near the flowing creek. Turned and took off from perch, flying into hedgerow thicket, headed upstream. 1 Chimney Swift 2 Killdeer 3 Ring-billed Gull 5 Common Loon -- Mid-height flying group descending toward Cayuga Lake from SE to NW. 1 Turkey Vulture 1 Northern Harrier -- High flyover female/imm. just ahead of only rain shower of the morning. Headed North. 1 Broad-winged Hawk -- With recently filled crop! 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Downy Woodpecker 2 Hairy Woodpecker 6 Least Flycatcher -- Several throughout. Initially calling and singing, but fell silent as morning progressed. 3 Red-eyed Vireo 108 Blue Jay -- Most of these were high flying migrating groups of Jays. All headed generally NE. Groups of 5-15 birds. Mostly early AM. 7 American Crow 1 Common Raven 1 Northern Rough-winged Swallow -- Low flying just over treetops, headed North. 3 Tree Swallow 9 Barn Swallow 1 swallow sp. -- High flying, direct flight, square tail, dark, early AM, backlit. Possible Cliff Swallow. 1 Black-capped Chickadee 1 Tufted Titmouse 2 House Wren 1 Carolina Wren 1 Veery -- Heard calling just South of NE corner. 1 Swainson's Thrush -- Seen foraging inside Hawthorn Orchard, just SE of the tall oak in the NW corner. 4 Wood Thrush 13 American Robin 15 Gray Catbird 15 European Starling 11 Cedar Waxwing 18 American Goldfinch 2 Chipping Sparrow 3 White-throated Sparrow 1 Savannah Sparrow -- Singing from top of outdoor tennis court fence. 9 Song Sparrow 1 Lincoln's Sparrow -- Wet and bedraggled individual along Southern paths just inside Hawthorn Orchard. Seen well by Reuben Stoltzfus and me. Buffy chest, dainty streaks coming to neat dainty central spot. Buffy malar with gray supercilium. Peaked/alert crown. Nervous wing flits. 6 Baltimore Oriole 11 Red-winged Blackbird 6 Brown-headed Cowbird -- Whenever a cowbird appears at a perch, giving whistles, most singing birds in immediate vid unity would fall silent for a period of several minutes until the cowbird left perch and flew away. 11 Common Grackle 2 Ovenbird 3 Tennessee Warbler 1 Orange-crowned Warbler -- Uncommon here but periodic in spring. seen very well. Dull olive warbler, yellowish wash on breast with duller green streaking. Yellowish undertail coverts. Eye arcs around faint eye line. Zeep flight notes. Located along North ravine trail, foraging in hawthorns and oak leaf clusters. 5 Nashville Warbler 4 Common Yellowthroat 1 Northern Parula 5 Yellow Warbler 1 Chestnut-sided Warbler 17 warbler sp. (Parulidae sp.) -- Early AM high flyovers, mostly headed North-Northeast. Continued well into the morning. 11 Northern Cardinal 2 Indigo Bunting -- High flyovers. Musically ringing, buzzy, zhee flight notes. 4 House Sparrow Number of Taxa: 57 -- Chris Tessaglia-Hymes PO Box 488 8 Etna Lane Etna, NY 13062 607-351-5740 -- 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/ --
