This morning, I met up with Katy Payne, who joined me for a couple of early morning hours of birding. We birded the relatively quiet but peaceful Hawthorn Orchard from about 5:45am to 7:45am.
Best bird was a single adult male ORCHARD ORIOLE that sang one explosive song just as we were getting ready to leave, while standing at our cars, adjacent to the outdoor tennis courts. This bird sang from the top of the tall tree at the SE corner of the Hawthorn Orchard. Immediately after it sang once, it took flight to the Northeast, directly over the soccer field and then over the Reis Tennis Center and out of sight - clearly on continued diurnal migration - giving us both awesome views of this chestnut-colored oriole as it flew over. Below is a checklist submitted to eBird. Probably due to the early start and early departure, we missed several of the birds that were seen/heard by Anne Marie and Tim. Hawthorn Orchard, Tompkins, US-NY May 12, 2012 5:45 AM - 7:45 AM Protocol: Traveling 0.5 mile(s) Comments: Birded with Katy Payne. Quiet morning. Best bird was an adult male Orchard Oriole that perched, sang and passed through, continuing on migration to the NE at 7:45am. 41 species Wood Duck 2 Mallard 2 Killdeer 1 Rock Pigeon 1 Mourning Dove X Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 1 Least Flycatcher 3 Great Crested Flycatcher 1 Red-eyed Vireo 1 Blue Jay X American Crow X Barn Swallow X Black-capped Chickadee X Tufted Titmouse X House Wren X Wood Thrush 1 American Robin X Gray Catbird X European Starling X Northern Waterthrush 1 Heard singing from small stream to the South of the horse jumping pasture. Nashville Warbler 4 Common Yellowthroat 3 Northern Parula 1 Magnolia Warbler 4 Yellow Warbler 1 Chestnut-sided Warbler 2 Song Sparrow X Scarlet Tanager 1 Northern Cardinal X Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 Indigo Bunting 1 Bobolink 2 Red-winged Blackbird X Common Grackle X Brown-headed Cowbird X Orchard Oriole 1 This adult male landed in the top of the tall tree in the very Southeast corner of the Hawthorn Orchard. It sang a full explosive song, then took flight heading due Northeast, over the soccer field and over the Reis Tennis Center, clearly on a continued diurnal migration. Both Katy and I got excellent views as this bird flew in front of us over the soccer field and out of sight. Dark chestnut colored body with black hood. Baltimore Oriole 2 House Finch 2 American Goldfinch X This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org<http://ebird.org/>) Good birding! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes TARU Product Line Manager and Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp -- 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/ --
