Location: ** Monkey Run--SW loop Observation date: 8/17/10 Notes: I did my usual southwestern route starting at Monkey Run Rd and walking on the trail from the parking lot heading west, along the river, across the field to the river then north and east back along the river. The biggest highlight was an ADULT MALE LAWRENCE'S WARBLER, only the third that I have ever seen. I tried to go back to take photos with Jessie, but was not able to find the bird in the ten minutes I had before work. WEATHER: 57 - 62F. Humidity 75 - 100%. Wind SSE 2 - 7 mph. Number of species: 53
Canada Goose 2 Common Merganser 6 Great Blue Heron 1 Green Heron 1 Surprisingly, my first for along Monkey Run. Perched in tree alongside creek on far west side of walk. Red-tailed Hawk 2 Calling persistently. Killdeer 1 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Solitary Sandpiper 1 Heard calling overhead. Ring-billed Gull 4 Flyovers. Rock Pigeon 6 Eastern Screech-Owl 1 Giving whinny. Heard only Ruby-throated Hummingbird 4 Belted Kingfisher 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker 5 Downy Woodpecker 8 Hairy Woodpecker 4 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2 Pileated Woodpecker 2 Eastern Wood-Pewee 3 All singing. Heard only. Least Flycatcher 2 Eastern Phoebe 6 Red-eyed Vireo (Red-eyed) 9 Blue Jay 14 American Crow 11 Black-capped Chickadee 32 Tufted Titmouse 15 Red-breasted Nuthatch 3 White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 5 Brown Creeper 5 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2 Wood Thrush 3 American Robin 48 Cedar Waxwing 21 Blue-winged Warbler 3 Lawrence's Warbler (hybrid) 1 **Rare. My first in Tompkins County. Adult male along the river ca. 200 meters west of the old fallen bridge at Monkey Run Road. Adult male with bold black throat and auriculars contrasting with bright yellow head and underpart. Black on throat slightly veiled by greenish-yellow tips to black feathers. Did not see wings particularly well, but essentially looked like BWWA. Undertail coverts white. Back olive. Shape identical to BWWA (direct comparison). Chestnut-sided Warbler 3 Black-throated Green Warbler 2 Blackburnian Warbler 1 American Redstart 4 Louisiana Waterthrush 1 Singing male. Common Yellowthroat 2 Canada Warbler 1 Singing. Presumably a first-year bird based on limited black streaks on underparts. Singing but song a bit slower than in normal adults. Song Sparrow 3 Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 5 Scarlet Tanager 2 Northern Cardinal 6 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 Indigo Bunting 1 Bobolink 15 All flyovers. Conservative count, since most were heard only. Red-winged Blackbird 16 All in a single flock. Flyovers. Baltimore Oriole 5 Purple Finch (Eastern) 3 Flyovers calling. House Finch 1 American Goldfinch 15 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) Chris Wood eBird & Neotropical Birds Project Leader Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York http://ebird.org http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu Senior Leader, WINGS Birding Tours http://wingsbirds.com -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
