My SFO group also stayed at Arnot Forest from 7am-4pm, but we were slower paced and did not try to go to the top, so we missed several of the field and early successional species Meena listed. However, we did hear both BLACK-BILLED and YELLOW- BILLED CUCKOOS well, and a couple of us had a great look at the latter.
We had dazzling scope views of male SCARLET TANAGER (a female was only through binoculars), male and female ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, male INDIGO BUNTING, YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH, and male PURPLE FINCH. >From one spot we observed 9 species of warblers. We compared songs and sights of RED-EYED, BLUE-HEADED, and YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, and studied many other songs including ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK and BALTIMORE ORIOLE. Nests seen included CHIPPING SPARROW under construction, MOURNING DOVE with large young atop a former American Robin nest, AMERICAN ROBIN, and EASTERN PHOEBE. Although the BLUE-WINGED, BLACK-THROATED BLUE, BLACK-THROATED GREEN, TENNESSEE, and CANADA WARBLERS were not visually cooperative to my students today, our group observed 52 species. Several life birds were seen, and we all considered the day a great success. I'll be back there tomorrow morning for the final field trip of this year's Spring Field Ornithology course. --Dave Nutter -- 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/ --
