This afternoon at around 4pm I walked around SSW along the Wilson trail. The best sighting was a Black-throated Blue warbler silently foraging, around the bend from the Sherwood Platform. Some birds seen or heard:
Blk-thr Blue w 1 Blk-thr Green w 2 Magnolia w 2 Yellow w 1 Ovenbird 2 Com. Yellowthr 3 Rose-br. Grosbeak 2 Wood Thrush 1 Y-B Sapsuckers 3 Least flycatcher 1 Belted Kingfisher 1 I really wanted to see the Barred Owl, so I walked up and down near the gate and the junction of the Wilson/Severinghaus trails for a while when I started. After 5pm I went back there and just after I entered the gate, I heard a very small commotion, like a person complaining "harrumph!" and I saw a large silent raptor being chased by a black-bird through the woods & across the road, very low about 10-15 feet off the ground. I never found it again, but I am sure it was the B.Owl. Nari Mistry -- Nari B. Mistry, Ithaca, NY To see my paintings, visit http://www.ArtbyNari.com -- 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/ --