[cayugabirds-l] East Shore and Second Dam

[Suan Yong]

Windsurfing from East Shore at noon today in spite of the cold air and water 
temps, I flushed up a number of adult Bonaparte's Gulls, along with cormorants 
and some unidentified small ducks or grebes. There were also many Chimney 
Swifts flying low over the lake with the swallows, something I'd never seen 
before.

Later in the evening, I took a walk down to the second dam of six-mile creek, 
and was surprised to see in the middle of the reservoir a lone Ring-Necked Duck 
and a Ruddy Duck (plus a beaver slapping its tail with great frequency). On the 
way back a Blackburnian and Chestnut-sided Warbler landed next to each other as 
if buddying up for this layover. They along with a Nashville and Yellow-rump at 
least gave me a taste of today's mini-fallout I thought I'd missed out on.

Suan

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[cayugabirds-l] Surprise Wood Thrush

[W. Larry Hymes]

A little after 8:00 I stepped outside and was very surprised to hear a 
WOOD THRUSH doing its evening song somewhere behind our house.  It's 
rare for us to have this bird around our property (Vine St., just off 
Mitchell at the city line).


Larry

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[cayugabirds-l] Jetty Woods Orchard Oriole

[Paul Anderson]

I went looking for the GH Owls at Jetty Woods this morning, but I was so 
pressed for time that I had to leave before I found them.


My consolation prize (as well as many of the other migrants already 
reported) was an Orchard Oriole right by the building at the entrance to 
the trail.


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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Golden-winged Warbler at 1504 Hanshaw

[Scott Haber]

Thanks, Jody! Bird is still here as of 220...looks like a female-type and I 
don't see any obvious signs of an integrade.

Scott

> On May 8, 2016, at 2:04 PM, Jody W Enck  wrote:
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> In my apple tree as of 2:05pm.  Park in my driveway and come around back.  
> Apple tree is the one to the right (outside) of the split rail fence – just 
> beyond the pear tree.
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[cayugabirds-l] Golden-winged Warbler at 1504 Hanshaw

[Jody W Enck]

In my apple tree as of 2:05pm.  Park in my driveway and come around back.  
Apple tree is the one to the right (outside) of the split rail fence – just 
beyond the pear tree.

Jody

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Rumor of Golden-winged Warbler in Palmer Woods

[Andrew Dreelin]

Brad is correct. Slight intergrade/backcross but a cool bird regardless.

On Sunday, May 8, 2016, Brad Walker  wrote:

> I believe the Golden-winged Warbler was later determined to be a hybrid.
> It was later reported to have a yellow wash on its breast.
>
> On Sun, May 8, 2016 at 9:50 AM Mark Chao  > wrote:
>
>> On Sunday morning I was told of a report, presumably originating from the
>> RBA text service, about a GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER in Palmer Woods, which is
>> just up the slope north of the giant parking area known as A-Lot (or Lot A)
>> along Pleasant Grove Road, north of Jessup Road, on Cornell’s campus.  I
>> have no further details.
>>
>>
>>
>> Sapsucker Woods was busy with birds too, especially away from the windy
>> edges.  Highlights included NORTHERN PARULA, CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER,
>> BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, PALM WARBLER,
>> YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, several BALTIMORE ORIOLES and ROSE-BREASTED
>> GROSBEAKS, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, a little flock of northbound EASTERN
>> KINGBIRDS, and a pair of WOOD DUCKS together on a tree limb.
>>
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[cayugabirds-l] Migrants!

[Jay McGowan]

All,
The word fallout has been thrown around liberally on this list this spring,
but this morning was the closest to a landbird fallout we have had so far
this year. Our northeast Ithaca yard boasted 14 species of warblers,
including NORTHERN PARULA, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, MAGNOLIA, BLUE-WINGED,
CHESTNUT-SIDED, BLACK-AND-WHITE, and BLACKBURNIAN.

On Cornell Campus where the undergrads are attempting a big day, they have
found a GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER intergrade (phentotypically Golden-winged but
with a yellow patch on the chest) at Palmer Woods and a BREWSTER'S WARBLER
in the arboretum. While trying to relocated the Brewster's, I found a nice
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER on the slope above the pond. Lots of other warblers
around both of these locations too, and a MARSH WREN singing in the main
pond at the arboretum.

Photo of the "Golden-winged": http://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/28342541

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Rumor of Golden-winged Warbler in Palmer Woods

[Brad Walker]

I believe the Golden-winged Warbler was later determined to be a hybrid. It
was later reported to have a yellow wash on its breast.

On Sun, May 8, 2016 at 9:50 AM Mark Chao  wrote:

> On Sunday morning I was told of a report, presumably originating from the
> RBA text service, about a GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER in Palmer Woods, which is
> just up the slope north of the giant parking area known as A-Lot (or Lot A)
> along Pleasant Grove Road, north of Jessup Road, on Cornell’s campus.  I
> have no further details.
>
>
>
> Sapsucker Woods was busy with birds too, especially away from the windy
> edges.  Highlights included NORTHERN PARULA, CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER,
> BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, PALM WARBLER,
> YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, several BALTIMORE ORIOLES and ROSE-BREASTED
> GROSBEAKS, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, a little flock of northbound EASTERN
> KINGBIRDS, and a pair of WOOD DUCKS together on a tree limb.
>
>
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[cayugabirds-l] Rumor of Golden-winged Warbler in Palmer Woods

[Mark Chao]

On Sunday morning I was told of a report, presumably originating from the
RBA text service, about a GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER in Palmer Woods, which is
just up the slope north of the giant parking area known as A-Lot (or Lot A)
along Pleasant Grove Road, north of Jessup Road, on Cornell’s campus.  I
have no further details.



Sapsucker Woods was busy with birds too, especially away from the windy
edges.  Highlights included NORTHERN PARULA, CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER,
BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, PALM WARBLER,
YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, several BALTIMORE ORIOLES and ROSE-BREASTED
GROSBEAKS, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, a little flock of northbound EASTERN
KINGBIRDS, and a pair of WOOD DUCKS together on a tree limb.



Mark Chao

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[cayugabirds-l] mini fall-out

[Jody W Enck]

  I experienced a mini fall-out this morning at my place near Hanshaw 
and Freese Roads.

  I do a 30-minute point count in the middle of the woods beside my 
house and was out in the cold windy conditions at 7:30am thinking the weather 
(and shift in winds overnight) might have grounded some birds.  Most of the 
count period was relatively quiet although I got to watch a female 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker come out of the nest cavity she and her mate had taken 
turns excavating, and watched two Blue Jays exchange incubation duties on a 
nest they have in a White Pine.

  Bird activity seemed to pick up a little by the end of the 30 
minutes, and I was noticing small passerines passing in singles against the 
wind right at tree top level.  Not many, buy maybe 7-8 in the last 10 minutes 
of my count.  At 8am, I ended my count, and walked back toward my house.  My 
path takes me through a very small patch of brushy habitat between the woods 
and my yard.  As I entered that patch at 8:05, I heard a Common Yellowthroat 
sing and stopped to try to find it.  It was then that I noticed a wave of small 
birds passing from the woods across Hanshaw to this little patch.  I stood in 
one place and recorded this list of migrant birds…

Common Yellowthroat, 1 male
Black-and-white Warbler, 1 male
Chestnut-sided Warbler, 3
Blue-headed Vireo, 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler, 2 males
Eastern Kingbird, 3
Black-throated Green Warbler, 1 female, 2 males
Black-throated Blue Warbler, 1 female
Rose-breasted Grosbeak, 2 males, 2 females
Gray Catbird
Nashville Warbler, 3 chasing each other

 Then at 8:22, the spigot turned off, and it was over.  The birds had moved 
on and all was quiet.  Goes to show how things can change in a matter of 
minutes.  Still, what joy to see and hear (some were singing and/or calling) 
this burst of bird activity.  Added fun was seeing the local female Pileated 
Woodpecker at my suet feeder in the backyard.

Good birding
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