I too heard the Barred Owl, but thought it might have been the person
leading the kids group that was in proximity to Mark and Alicia, so now I am
thinking this was a bird rather than a human calling. I faintly heard a
reply from deep in the dryden side forest, but only once. While on the
Hoyt-Piliated Tail the warbler flock was in full strength and 2 YELLOW
BILLED CUCKOO's were fluttering in the treetops.
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On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 11:52 AM, Mark Chao wrote:
> Most of the migrants in Sapsucker Woods on Thursday morning seemed to be in
> the woods, especially on the northeastern stretch of the Hoyt-Pileated
> Trail. A prodigious mixed flock here included at least a half-dozen
> BLACKBURNIAN WARBLERS, a BAY-BREASTED WARBLER (probable -- heard only),
> CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, two or more BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLERS,
> BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, many YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, BLACK-AND-WHITE
> WARBLER, two AMERICAN REDSTARTS (clearly migrants), two NORTHERN PARULAS, a
> couple of NORTHERN WATERTHRUSHES, and OVENBIRDS, as well as a couple of
> non-territorial male SCARLET TANAGERS foraging low in close proximity with
> each other. As excellent as this flock was, I got most fired up by a WINTER
> WREN singing repeatedly by the egg cairn.
>
> I happened upon this flock at the beginning of my visit. I therefore had
> very high hopes when the sun came out and I arrived at the Wilson Trail
> North with Tom Hoebbel. Alas, we found very few birds at the wooded edge,
> except for a long-tailed bird in the treetops that I am pretty sure was a
> BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, and singing CANADA WARBLER and Black-throated Blue
> Warbler between the Sherwood Platform and the lone bench. Back in the
> woods, now with Alicia Plotkin, we found a few more migrants -- another
> parula, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Blackburnian Warbler, more
> Yellow-rumped Warblers, and a SWAINSON'S THRUSH.
>
> Alicia and I headed back to the Lab via the Podell Boardwalk as Tom went to
> the East Trail to look for that warbler flock. Right after we parted, we
> heard four full series of hoots from a BARRED OWL somewhere in the direction
> of the road. Maybe Tom can confirm whether this was a real bird or a person
> making mischief. If it was a person, he or she really does a great
> impression of the species.
>
> Mark Chao
>
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>
> Location: Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology
>> Observation date: 5/13/10
>> Number of species: 58
>>
>> Canada Goose 4
>> Wood Duck 1
>> Mallard 2
>> Common Merganser 2
>> Great Blue Heron 4
>> Mourning Dove 2
>> Black-billed Cuckoo 1
>> Belted Kingfisher 1
>> Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
>> Downy Woodpecker 1
>> Northern Flicker 1
>> Least Flycatcher 2
>> Eastern Phoebe 2
>> Great Crested Flycatcher 3
>> Eastern Kingbird 1
>> Red-eyed Vireo 6
>> American Crow 2
>> Tree Swallow 6
>> Black-capped Chickadee 6
>> Tufted Titmouse 1
>> White-breasted Nuthatch 2
>> Brown Creeper 1
>> House Wren 4
>> Winter Wren 1
>> Veery 3
>> Swainson's Thrush 1
>> Wood Thrush 4
>> American Robin 8
>> Gray Catbird 6
>> European Starling 9
>> Northern Parula 3
>> Yellow Warbler 4
>> Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
>> Magnolia Warbler 1
>> Black-throated Blue Warbler 6
>> Yellow-rumped Warbler 18
>> Black-throated Green Warbler 3
>> Blackburnian Warbler 7
>> Bay-breasted Warbler 1
>> Black-and-white Warbler 2
>> American Redstart 7
>> Ovenbird 5
>> Northern Waterthrush 5
>> Common Yellowthroat 6
>> Canada Warbler 1
>> Scarlet Tanager 3
>> Song Sparrow 4
>> White-throated Sparrow 4
>> White-crowned Sparrow 1
>> Dark-eyed Junco 3
>> Northern Cardinal 4
>> Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
>> Red-winged Blackbird 4
>> Common Grackle 6
>> Brown-headed Cowbird 2
>> Baltimore Oriole 6
>> Purple Finch 2
>> American Goldfinch 6
>>
>> This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
>>
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