This morning, I birded the Hawthorn Orchard on East Hill in Ithaca, NY from
about 8:15am until about 9:15am.
It was a very nice morning to be out and about, but it was relatively quiet
bird-wise. The sunshine definitely brought out some song by some birds early
on, but it got quiet as the time progressed.
Here are the highlights:
1 Solitary Sandpiper (flyover, non-vocal)
1 Least Flycatcher ("che-BECK" NE corner)
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet (NW corner, near big oak tree)
1 Wood Thrush (still holding territory near NE corner)
1 Tennessee Warbler (loud singer early on, from near tops of maples in ravine
near NE corner)
1 Northern Parula (singing a few songs toward end of visit, NE corner)
1 Yellow Warbler (distant singer)
1 Chestnut-sided Warbler (singing alternate type song at NW corner near big oak
and down into ravine)
2-3 Magnolia Warblers (occasional singers along Northern section and down into
ravine)
(Missed Stuart Krasnoff's Black-throated Green Warbler)
1 Black-and-white Warbler (singing persistently from a perch, while preening,
for a good five minutes; NW corner near big oak tree)
1-2 American Redstarts (down in ravine area to North of the Hawthorn Orchard)
2-3 Common Yellowthroats (territories)
2 Indigo Buntings (heard producing "chink" notes; observed foraging in top of
Hawthorns at NE corner, then flew West, over Hawthorn Orchard)
2-3 Baltimore Orioles
I suspect that tomorrow there will be a minor mix of new arrivals and another
departure of existing birds, but it doesn't look like any kind of super
"fall-out" conditions can be expected - I'll post if anything good shows up.
Good birding!
Sincerely,
Chris T-H
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Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes
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Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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