I believe Tom was right. I checked a few flocks along Yellow Barn Rd this morning and had an adult male Hooded Warbler with a nice mix of potential local species (Magnolia, Chestnut-sided, Common Yellowthroat), as well as a Nashville Warbler, and a female GOLD-EN-WINGED WARBLER in the forested section of the road. The Golden-winged Warbler had a light yellowish wash across the chest, so it probably is actually a LAWRENCE'S WARBLER form of Golden-winged x Blue-winged hybrids. I will post a photo on my picasa site when I get today's photos downloaded.
The Cornell compost facility had no shorebirds at the small ponds, but did have 3 species of Corvus (Common Raven, American Crow, Fish Crow). During my hour-long crow census there, a Cooper's Hawk cleared the pigeons, gulls, and lots of crows at one point, perhaps aided by a high-flyover young Bald Eagle. But, the adult PEREGRINE FALCON that came zipping past my car made everything leave! Kevin From: bounce-107858915-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-107858915-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Tom Schulenberg Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2013 9:43 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Golden-winged Warbler in northeast Ithaca I had a nice hit of warblers at home this morning (Hanshaw Road in northeast Ithacaa), including a Tennessee (one of at least three found in the area this morning, per eBird alerts), and a spectacular male Golden-winged Warbler. Seems as if this would be a good day to carefully check your local patch - and then maybe to visit some other underbirded sites (of which there are many!), just to see what else might be around right now. Good birding, tss -- Thomas S. Schulenberg Research Associate Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca NY 14850 http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/portal/home http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist voice: 607.254.1113 email: ts...@cornell.edu<mailto:ts...@cornell.edu>, tschulenb...@gmail.com<mailto:tschulenb...@gmail.com> -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- ________________________________ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com<http://www.avg.com> Version: 2013.0.3392 / Virus Database: 3211/6591 - Release Date: 08/19/13 -- 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/ --
