Hi all, I spent two hours birding at Tanglewood Nature Center (Elmira, Chemung Co., NY) this morning and found an influx of new species for the season. Highlights were a CERULEAN WARBLER (only my second in Chemung County) that was working an oldfield/deciduous woods edge, and a CLIFF SWALLOW (only the second time I've seen this species away from bridges crossing the Chemung River) that was mingling with the Tree Swallows that nest around the nature center and parking lot.
Several "first of year" birds are noted on my full eBird checklist, below. Good birding! Mike -- Mike Powers Horseheads, NY Location: Gleason Meadows Observation date: 5/2/10 Notes: Excellent variety of new arrivals observed. Cerulean Warbler and Cliff Swallow were the two highlights. Cliff Swallow seen and (badly) photographed mingling with Tree Swallows over the parking lot; Cerulean first heard then spotted in an oldfield neighboring deciduous forest (no photos). Conditions: (end) 82*F, 80% cloud cover, no winds, no precipitation. Number of species: 56 Canada Goose 2 Ruffed Grouse 1 Great Blue Heron 1 Turkey Vulture 8 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Mourning Dove 5 Barred Owl 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 5 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3 Downy Woodpecker 4 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 3 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Least Flycatcher 1 First for the year. Eastern Phoebe 2 Blue-headed Vireo 4 Blue Jay 9 American Crow 5 Tree Swallow 16 CLIFF SWALLOW 1 First for the year. Black-capped Chickadee 12 Tufted Titmouse 5 Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 White-breasted Nuthatch 2 Brown Creeper 2 House Wren 2 Eastern Bluebird 4 Wood Thrush 2 First for the year. American Robin 22 Gray Catbird 4 Northern Mockingbird 1 Brown Thrasher 5 European Starling 2 Cedar Waxwing 12 Blue-winged Warbler 6 Nashville Warbler 1 Yellow Warbler 9 Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 First for the year. Yellow-rumped Warbler 7 Black-throated Green Warbler 4 Prairie Warbler 2 First for the year. Palm Warbler 2 CERULEAN WARBLER 1 First for the year. Ovenbird 3 Common Yellowthroat 3 Scarlet Tanager 5 First for the year. Eastern Towhee 7 Chipping Sparrow 2 Field Sparrow 9 Song Sparrow 7 Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 6 Northern Cardinal 3 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 First for the year. Red-winged Blackbird 7 Common Grackle 4 Brown-headed Cowbird 5 American Goldfinch 11 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) -- 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/ --
