I had some crow work to do today over by East Hill Plaza, so it was purely coincidental that I started the (late) morning trying to find Chris T-H's WHITE-EYED VIREO in the Hawthorns. I eventually did, but it was just about the only bird I had in there. The place was leafless and birdless until I got up to the northern edge. I heard the vireo singing a half dozen times in the ravine area at the northern boundary, around the spot where there is a connection to the apartment buildings north over the stream. Seriously, nothing else was in there.
Across Mitchell Street to the north in the cemetery, however, I had a little better luck. In addition to the two active crow nests there, I saw a CAPE MAY WARBLER, NORTHERN PARULA, AMERICAN REDSTART, PINE WARBLER, a pair of EASTERN KINGBIRDS, a Red-breasted Nuthatch, a Yellow Warbler and lots of Yellow-rumped Warblers. These birds were all in the spruces and budding oaks in the northeastern section of the cemetery. Although I got a number of year-birds today, they were all pretty much in place for breeding where one would expect them. The only one of note might be the LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH singing along the stream behind my house on Yellow Barn. It is not singing this evening. Kevin -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
