Lindsay-Parson’s Preserve was hopping this morning! As Geo has already noted, the WOOD THRUSHES arrived last night, with two singing intermittently on the fire station side of the preserve. As soon as I got out of the car I was greeted by several OVENBIRDS and a HOODED WARBER, all singing loudly. Up the slope near the water tower were several AMERICAN REDSTARTs, a distant BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER, and a BLACK AND WHITE WARBLER. As I came back down to the car a SCARLET TANAGER belted out its song.
The across the road, right from the parking lot, I could hear at least three PRAIRIE WARBLERS. Walking the fields to the west, Field Sparrows dominated the soundscape but then gave over to a CHESTNUT-SIDED AND BLUE-WING WARBLER in the shrubby area before heading down to the creek. (Strange, but the Brown Thrashers were silent this morning.) A couple of days ago I drove up Station Road at the north end of the preserve and walked upslope hoping for BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLERS. It was silent except for a couple of Blue-headed Vireos. Today the Black-throated Greens were singing right along the road, and I didn’t even need to get out of the car. As so many others have been reporting, it really feels like spring again: many of the old friends finally back and a full, rich dawn chorus at last! Bob McGuire -- 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/ --
