Re: [cayugabirds-l] Yellow-throated Warbler -- Monkey Run South

At 4:30pm the Yellow-throated Warbler was still around, though not by the road. It was in the stand of pines about 200 yards east on the old RR grade. I suspect that it's moving back and forth between that stand of pines and the stand by the road. Thanks, Chris, for sending out the note about

[cayugabirds-l] Shindagin Hollow -- Wednesday morning

After a long day of grading papers yesterday, I decided to spend the morning today walking a good chunk of the Finger Lakes Trail in Shindagin Hollow. I didn't find any mixed warbler flocks, but there were lots of rewarding birds nonetheless. Some highlights with a complete eBird list at the bo

Re: [cayugabirds-l] terns north from Myers Point, etc

A little after 4pm today (May 14), I saw two Forster's Terns at Stewart Park. They flew over without much pause, headed south. Sydney Penner > This afternoon (Friday 14 May) during a brief break in a busy taxi day > I stopped at Myers Point. On the spit I found only ~20 immature > HERRING GU

[cayugabirds-l] Wednesday morning birding

I finally got a chance to get out again and took it, even though it didn't look like the most promising morning for birding. And things were relatively quiet everywhere I went, but I did end up with a nice tally of species by morning's end. The most interesting things at Myers Point when I arr

[cayugabirds-l] Hammond Hill -- Friday morning

Trail 1 in Hammond Hill was relatively quiet this morning (at least if a forest teeming with Ovenbirds and Common Yellowthroats can be called quiet), but I found some really nice birds. Most impressive were the 4 CAPE MAY WARBLERS (including one right at the Hammond Hill Rd. parking area), one

[cayugabirds-l] a couple of Hawthorn additions

Meena and I heard a warbler at the NE corner of the hawthorns that puzzled us at the time, but, having listened to some recordings, I'm now reasonably confident was a PRAIRIE WARBLER. I also saw a couple of thrushes, one of which was clearly a Hermit Thrush but one of which I'm still mulling o

[cayugabirds-l] Stewart Park

Stewart Park was fairly quiet this morning when I was there, but there were a few interesting birds. One CASPIAN TERN flew back and forth along the shore, providing as good a view as I've ever had. There was a flock of eight sandpipers along Fall Creek that must have been LEAST SANDPIPERS, thou

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Hawthorn in the morning

Meena left for work just a bit too early: two minutes after she left I had had my best ever encounter with a singing NORTHERN PARULA. It was on the north side just a bit in from the path running along the gully. Earlier, I also had two SCARLET TANAGERS, one flying overhead and one swooping rig

[cayugabirds-l] Red-eyed Vireo

More good things at home: BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER and two RED-EYED VIREOS. I don't recall the latter having been reported yet. Sydney Penner 43 N. Landon Rd. Ithaca, NY 14850 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/Cayugabird

[cayugabirds-l] warblers

In previous years I haven't had much luck seeing migrating warblers around my home, so I headed out early this morning to hunt some down. I didn't find quite as many as I hoped, though a CERULEAN WARBLER at Jetty Woods was exciting. Within five minutes of getting back home, however, I had stunn

[cayugabirds-l] swallows and terns

Today is a marvellous day for swallow watching. I saw lots of swallows everywhere I went and all of them were flying low and slow in a most cooperative fashion. This morning (7:30-9:15) at Stewart Park I saw (in order of frequency) TREE, BARN, BANK, NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED, and PURPLE MARTINS.

[cayugabirds-l] Shindagin Hollow - Thursday morning

I had struck out on them so far this year, but within ten minutes of arriving in Shindagin Hollow this morning I heard five WINTER WRENS and got great views of one of them. I also heard my first WOOD THRUSH of the year. There were a number of BLUE-HEADED VIREOS around, but I didn't find any war

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Pileated Wood peckers

Last fall I was surprised to see a Pileated Woodpecker flying in large circles about five feet above the ground in front of the A. D. White House. It repeatedly came within ten feet or so of the sidewalks busy with human traffic. A couple of weeks ago I managed to sneak up on a Pileated Woodpe

[cayugabirds-l] Hammond Hill SF -- Wednesday morning

A walk in Hammond Hill SF this morning (10:45-12) didn't turn up the Winter Wrens that I was hoping to see, but there were a good number of Ruby-crowned Kinglets around. My complete eBird list is below. Sydney Penner Location: Hammond Hill SF Observation date: 4/14/10 Notes: Sunny

[cayugabirds-l] Little Gull?

I saw a gull at Myers Point just before noon that initially struck me as an adult LITTLE GULL. I know that one was reported yesterday and so that makes me more inclined to think that what I saw was in fact a Little Gull. But a couple of points made me start to doubt that identification. I got g

[cayugabirds-l] Goetchius Preserve

I was at the Goetchius Preserve between 7 and 8 this evening. Highlights for me were two WOODCOCK and one WILSON'S SNIPE. Dozens of ducks came flying in as the light faded. Most of them arrived after it was too dark for me to be able to identify them reliably, though I suspect that most of the

Re: [cayugabirds-l] hawk ID

. Thanks again for the responses. Best wishes, Sydney Penner 43 N. Landon Rd. Ithaca, NY 14850 Sydney F Penner wrote: I saw a hawk this afternoon that has me puzzled. Perhaps someone more familiar with hawks than I am can help me sort through the possibilities. I'd say it was definit

[cayugabirds-l] hawk ID

I saw a hawk this afternoon that has me puzzled. Perhaps someone more familiar with hawks than I am can help me sort through the possibilities. I'd say it was definitely a buteo---it struck me as about the right size and shape for being a Red-tailed Hawk. But the colouring was certainly differ

[cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods

I just spent half an hour at Sapsucker Woods and didn't see much of note until I got back to the car to leave at 2:30pm and saw 1 EASTERN BLUEBIRD, 1 EASTERN PHOEBE, and about 50 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS in the trees between the parking lot. The blackbirds flew to the south after a few minutes, but I d

[cayugabirds-l] trills

My ear just got caught by a trill coming through an open window on the east side of Goldwin Smith Hall that sounded rather different than the juncos trilling at my house. On the other hand, it did sound very much like the recording of a Chipping Sparrow trill that I just listened to. I wasn't a

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Mt. Pleasant Snow Buntings

I ventured to Mount Pleasant as well a little after 3pm. The fog certainly didn't help but I did see a flock of Snow Buntings close to the road right by the pink flags. I didn't get an exact count since they promptly flew farther away, but there were definitely more than the 6-9 mentioned by Ma

White-winged Scoters?

I dropped in at Stewart Park around 6pm on my way home; most potentially interesting birds were too far away to be identified without a scope. But I did see two ducks flying low across the water not too far out. What immediately came to mind was White-winged Scoters. But I take that to be a bit

Stewart Park

The RUDDY DUCK was still present at Stewart Park at around 4:15. I also enjoyed great views of an OSPREY soaring back and forth over the area. Finally, I saw more DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS than I've seen before at Stewart Park: 27 of them, mostly roosting in trees. Sydney Penner -- Cayugabird