Just a really quick note. The Hawthorn Orchard was initiatilaly devoid of migrants. Eventually, by about 7:20, birds started arriving via the SW corner from the West (from wherever they roost). Wood Thrushes have become much more territorial IN the Hawthorn Orchard, which is nice. First time in a few years.
Good birding! Sincerely, Chris T-H Hawthorn Orchard May 20, 2016 06:45 Traveling 1.50 miles 75 Minutes All birds reported? Yes Comments: Extremely quiet start to the morning. Eventually encountered a flock of six Tennessee warblers in a hawthorn tree in the southwest corner, then the Tennessee warblers began to appear in the Hawthorn Orchard, along with others. This was around 7:15am. Cool, quiet, sunny. Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 1.2.1 Build 65 2 Canada Goose 1 Killdeer 2 Mourning Dove 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 1 Eastern Phoebe 1 Red-eyed Vireo (Northeast corner, seen/heard) 3 Blue Jay 1 Tree Swallow 2 Barn Swallow 2 Black-capped Chickadee 1 Veery 4 Wood Thrush (now seeming strongly territorial IN the Hawthorn Orchard) 8 American Robin 8 Gray Catbird 1 Brown Thrasher (visibly singing very loudly from the top of the oak tree just South of the Northeast corner) 5 European Starling 8 Tennessee Warbler (May be more, but I didn’t have time to stick around) 1 Nashville Warbler (NE corner) 5 Common Yellowthroat (including two observed copulating) 1 American Redstart 1 Magnolia Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 3 Wilson's Warbler (1 NE corner, 1 East side, 1 SW corner, all distinctly different birds, based upon repeated observations from those locations) 1 Song Sparrow 1 Eastern Towhee (This was a new bird this year for me, this was singing loudly from the meadow at the Northwest corner) 6 Northern Cardinal 1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 Indigo Bunting (Southwest corner) 5 Red-winged Blackbird 1 Eastern Meadowlark 2 Common Grackle 2 Brown-headed Cowbird 3 Baltimore Oriole 1 Purple Finch 3 American Goldfinch 3 House Sparrow Number of Taxa: 39 Sent from my iPhone -- 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/ --
