As I walked in from the parking lot early this morning I passed a full compliment of singing birds. It seemed as though most of the locally breeding birds had arrived and were setting up their territories. I had Yellow, Prairie, Blue-wing, and Black-and-White Warblers right out of the car. Then Field Sparrows, Song Sparrows and Common Yellowthroats across the first field. Catbirds sang from the bushes, and a Brown Thrasher from one of the tallest trees. A Chestnut-sided Warbler came in in the last field before the RR tracks, and Phoebe and Least Flycatchers called from the area of the stream.
What really caught my attention, though, was the chorus that surrounded the bench at Celia's Cup. I sat there for nearly an hour listening to distant Cardinals, Ovenbirds, Blue Jays, and Robins, then several Wood Thrushes, more Black-and White Warblers, the same Brown Thrasher and finally a nearby Hooded Warbler. So what was missing? No Indigo Bunting yet, no Red-eyed Vireo, no Scarlet Tanager. I expect that by the weekend they will all be there. Bob McGuire -- 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/ --
