I spent four hours hiking the Texas Hollow Finger Lakes Trail with a
friend.  I know this is outside of the Cayuga Basin, but I hope it's OK to
post anyway.  Here are the highlights:

Driving 227 to Perry City
I know this is probably way too early for swallows, but I could have sworn
I saw a Barn Swallow swoop down into a marshy ditch and then up again out
to through the corn field.  I saw pointy forked tail and flash of rusty
brown chest and white belly.  On the way back, in almost the same area, I
saw one lone male Horned Lark in the corn field.

On the way to TX Hollow, I saw a large raptor circle around and dive-bomb
down.  The behavior reminded me of the territorial behavior of a Golden
Eagle, but it was too far away and backlit for me to verify.

Throughout the hike, I heard high-pitched "sip-sip" sounds high in the
scotch pine and hemlock tree tops, wherever evergreen clusters were found.
I am pretty sure it was a Golden-crowned Kinglet, so that is a first for
me!  I saw a large black eye and black stripe on the crown, but no color
showing.  Lastly, I think I heard a Red-breasted Nuthatch, which would be
another first if it was indeed one.  It sounded similar to the
White-breasted Nuthatch but different and almost matched the Lab of O
recording.

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