Hawthorn was really quiet this morning by the time I met Ken and Diane by the softball field looking for a handful of singing Nashville Warblers, who seemed the most numerous or at least vociferous. After a quiet walk through the north trail we heard a Blackburnian singing from the pine trees to the north, and after some patient staring and scanning that corner of the woods woke up, with a red-breasted nuthatch, ruby-crowned kinglets seemingly everywhere, and the Blackburnian eventually putting on a good show. Yesterday's black-throated green and chestnut-sided were apparently still there though silent today, and a surprise appearance by a yellow-throared vireo who eventually sang a few single phrases of its song. The "big sit" strategy (standing in one spot) seemed to work really well, as white throated sparrows started foraging in the leaf litter all around us.
After leaving Ken and Diane to head back to work, I heard from the nw pond the repeated call of a red-shouldered hawk which eventually moved in a westerly direction and stopped before I could get visual confirmation. The call was quite steady and consistent, making me think it wasn't from one of the blue jays hanging around. Suan _____________________ Composed by thumb and autocorrect. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
