[cayugabirds-l] Re: [cayugabirds-l] Re: [cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn Orchard: 12 May 2015 - Fantastic!

2015-05-12 Thread Dave Nutter
It sounded like typical Mourning Warbler to me, a low-pitched, burry "chorry-chorry-che-che-chew" repeatedly sung. I kept looking for the bird as it moved around, but apparently it stayed within 2 feet of the ground in thick vegetation. I briefly glimpsed the bird as it crossed the path, but got

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Re: [cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn Orchard: 12 May 2015 - Fantastic!

2015-05-12 Thread Brad Walker
Dave, was the Mourning Warbler singing a typical song? Scott and I had a Chestnut-sided we would have sworn was a Mourning until we got a look at it in that same area. - Brad On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 6:50 PM Nancy Cusumano wrote: > WE are going to try tomorrow morning before work. Will the coole

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Re: [cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn Orchard: 12 May 2015 - Fantastic!

2015-05-12 Thread Nancy Cusumano
WE are going to try tomorrow morning before work. Will the cooler temp (45) slow them down early? Cayuga Dog Rescue has saved more than 500! dogs since 2005! Learn more at cayugadogrescue.org On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 6:47 PM, Dave Nutter wrote: > I stayed longer than other birders and got drench

[cayugabirds-l] Re: [cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn Orchard: 12 May 2015 - Fantastic!

2015-05-12 Thread Dave Nutter
I stayed longer than other birders and got drenched by the shower, but afterward I heard a persistently singing (but hiding) MOURNING WARBLER low in the vegetation in the north central area. Earlier I may have also heard a NASHVILLE WARBLER north of the ravine, which others reported. Here's my w

[cayugabirds-l] Black-billed Cuckoo

2015-05-12 Thread Geo Kloppel
A Black-billed Cuckoo is "singing" just below my yard right now. -Geo -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://w

[cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn Orchard: 12 May 2015 - Fantastic!

2015-05-12 Thread Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes
I was delayed arriving here on such a great morning, but managed to bird here for a short while before needing to leave. I know I missed many good birds and numbers of birds that others have already posted about, or will be posting about. Most notable for me was the amazing quantity of CAPE MAY

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn today morning

2015-05-12 Thread Meena Madhav Haribal
I agree with Jay. It was great opportunity to study the songs. I unfortunately had left my recorder in my office yesterday, so I recorded the songs using my cell phone. The quality would be poor but still I would be able to study the variations on spectrograms as to how they varied. Cheers Meen

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn today morning

2015-05-12 Thread Jay McGowan
And I will add multiple singing SWAINSON'S THRUSHES, a singing and flight-calling GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH (north central area), and a few calls from a YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER in the same area. A great chance to study the variation in Bay-breasted and especially Cape May songs! On Tue, May 12, 2015 a

[cayugabirds-l] Acadian Flycatcher

2015-05-12 Thread Geo Kloppel
I found a singing ACADIAN FLYCATCHER this morning in Michigan Hollow, occupying the same territory as last year. Also in the vicinity: Winter Wren, Least Flycatcher, Canada Warblers, Blackburnian Warblers and American Redstarts, among many others. In the Michigan Hollow marsh an American Bitter

[cayugabirds-l] Hammond Hill Tuesday

2015-05-12 Thread bob mcguire
Hammond Hill (yellow trail) was alive this morning, with a diverse collection of bird songs - warblers and others: multiple YELLOW, CHESTNUT-SIDED, BLACKBURNIAN, CANADA, MOURNING WARBLERS; numerous OVENBIRDS, COMMON YELLOWTHROATS, a BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER. Several WINTER WRENS, one BLUE-HE

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn today morning

2015-05-12 Thread Brad Walker
Hi all, In addition to the birds Meena mentioned, there were also several CANADA WARBLERS, ALDER FLYCATCHER, WILLOW FLYCATCHER, LINCOLN'S SPARROW, and a Chestnut-sided Warbler that was singing a Mourning/Kentucky type song. - Brad On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 9:02 AM Meena Madhav Haribal wrote: >

[cayugabirds-l] Louisiana Waterthrush on Kline Road

2015-05-12 Thread Paul Anderson
As I drove my son to school this morning a Louisiana Waterthrush was singing from the gorge next to Kline Road. This is on the part of Kline Road between Needham Road and Lake Street, just uphill from the Ithaca High School. -Paul -- Paul Anderson, VP of Engineering, GrammaTech, Inc. 531 Est

[cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn today morning

2015-05-12 Thread Meena Madhav Haribal
Hi all, It was hopping with warblers. I have never seen so many Bay-breasted, Cape May, Tennessee, Blackpolls, Yellow-rumps and Chest-nut sided all in one locations. Lots of individuals both males and females and heard quite a lot of variation in the songs. Many more species too. Today is the d

[cayugabirds-l] Hunt hill birds

2015-05-12 Thread Laura Stenzler
Great birding on Hunt Hill Road, Dryden, this morning. Lots of warblers moving through including Tennessee, Cape May, magnolia, blackburnian, chestnut sided, common yellowthroat as well as indigo bunting. Black throated green warbler is on territory behind the house and there is a singing winte

RE: [cayugabirds-l] ALFL

2015-05-12 Thread RICHARD WOOD
I know :) That was meant to be in line with the original post. Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] ALFL From: scotthab...@gmail.com Date: Tue, 12 May 2015 08:30:54 -0400 CC: cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu To: rwood...@msn.com And "Che-bek, Che-bek" would be Least Flycatcher! On May 12, 2015, at 8:27 AM,

Re: [cayugabirds-l] ALFL

2015-05-12 Thread Scott Haber
And "Che-bek, Che-bek" would be Least Flycatcher! > On May 12, 2015, at 8:27 AM, RICHARD WOOD wrote: > > ACFL would be Acadian Flycatcher. :) Chebek chebek chebek! > > Richard > > > Date: Tue, 12 May 2015 07:04:55 -0400 > > Subject: [cayugabirds-l] ALFL > > From: k...@empacc.net > > To: cay

RE: [cayugabirds-l] ALFL

2015-05-12 Thread RICHARD WOOD
ACFL would be Acadian Flycatcher. :) Chebek chebek chebek! Richard > Date: Tue, 12 May 2015 07:04:55 -0400 > Subject: [cayugabirds-l] ALFL > From: k...@empacc.net > To: cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu > > Please excuse the finger slip on the tetragraph in my last message. The bird > here is > an Alde

[cayugabirds-l] ALFL

2015-05-12 Thread John and Sue Gregoire
Please excuse the finger slip on the tetragraph in my last message. The bird here is an Alder Flycatcher. Have yet to see a Willow although they usually arrive together. Thanks for catching my big fingers/small keyboard faux pas Chris! John -- John and Sue Gregoire Field Ornithologists Kestrel H

[cayugabirds-l] ACFL

2015-05-12 Thread John and Sue Gregoire
We had a very early Alder Flycatcher on its usual territory here yesterday morning. Normal arrival is the 18th. John -- John and Sue Gregoire Field Ornithologists Kestrel Haven Avian Migration Observatory 5373 Fitzgerald Road Burdett,NY 14818-9626 N 42 26.611' W 76 45.492' Website: http://www.em