Re: [cayugabirds-l] Waterthrush directions clarification

There were two singing Louisiana Waterthrushes there yesterday mid-afternoon. One was on the Sweedler (west) side of Town Line Road, down by the footbridge. Got good looks at it there, bobbing along brookside. The other was on the Thayer (east) side of the road, audible but not visible farther

[cayugabirds-l] Thayer Preserve

Highlights of my walk at the Finger Lakes Land Trust's Thayer Preserve earlier today included a singing Blue-headed Vireo, a small flock of Golden-crowned Kinglets, and a Hermit Thrush. Lisa Wood Ithaca -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http

[cayugabirds-l] Chipping Sparrows

Several this morning in downtown Ithaca. Lisa -- Sent from my iPhone powered by CREDO -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm

[cayugabirds-l] Blackpoll

I just had a couple of Blackpoll Warblers at Stewart Park--one near the swan pen and the other on the edge of the Fuertes Sanctuary woods. Sigh... -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] Rusty Blackbird @ CLO

Dave Nutter and I (and a small group of bird-walk participants) saw the Rusty Blackbird a few times this morning near the Lab of O feeder garden between 9:00 and 11:00. We all had fabulous looks at the bird's rusty-edged feathers and white eyes through Dave's scope. Lisa Wood -- Cayugabirds

[cayugabirds-l] Wood Thrush

I was surprised (and delighted) to hear a single Wood Thrush singing this morning in the woods behind our house. This is about a week earlier than usual. Lisa Wood Culver Rd. Town of Ithaca -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http

[cayugabirds-l] House Wren

In full song this morning at the bottom of Culver Road, town of Ithaca. Lisa -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1)

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Singing birds

Yes, and the annual occurrence of autumnal recrudescence: The Autumnal Recrudescence of the Amatory Urge When the birds are cacaphonic in the trees and on the verge Of the fields in mid-October when the cold is like a scourge. It is not delight in winter that makes feathered voices surge, But

[cayugabirds-l] Red-headed Woodpecker

. This isn't far from where, last year (?) someone reported a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER at Old Hundred at the corner of Bostwick Rd. and Five Mile Dr. Lisa Wood Ithaca -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http

[cayugabirds-l] Whip-poor-will in Lansing

About half an hour ago, from the parking lot at 3109 N. Triphammer Rd. (SE corner of Triphammer and Peruville roads), I heard a WHIP-POOR- WILL calling. It was instantly recognizable despite the competing spring peepers, toads, and traffic! Lisa Wood -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http