[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)

[cayugabirds-l] Chipping Sparrow

I had my first-of-season CHIPPING SPARROW this morning, southwest town of Ithaca. Lisa -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm

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