Tim spotted the Yellow-headed Blackbird out on the mudflat to the left of the tower at Tschache, where it was sporadically visible among the many stick and stumps. The shorebirds are still very impressive here, with 200+ Semipalmated Sandpipers, at least 20 RUDDY TURNSTONES, 20+ Black-bellied Plovers and at least one AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, large numbers of Dunlin and Semipalmated Plovers, and several Lesser Yellowlegs, Killdeer, Least Sandpipers, and White-rumped Sandpipers. The wildlife drive was quiet except for an ORCHARD ORIOLE singing from the right side near the photo blind.
One Red-headed Woodpecker was around at the Aurora woodlot, going into the same cavity Perri and I found last week. I'm pretty sure they have either eggs or chicks there. Last week I got a picture of one that seems to show a brood patch. Finally, one of the most intriguing discoveries of the day was seeing that Larue St. Clair reported seeing 42 "unidentified godwits" from Tschache Pool on Friday. We talked with him briefly and he said it looked to be a mixed flock of Marbled and Hudsonian, based on differences in size among birds in the flock. Not sure what to make of this report, but very interesting (and not a little frustrating!) I think with the habitat the way it is a lot of good things could show up there this week. Jay McGowan Ithaca, NY On May 30, 2011 10:29 AM, "Jay McGowan" <jw...@cornell.edu> wrote: > Two male PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS are singing on both sides of Armitage Road > just west of the first (eastern-most) bridge on Armitage Road, and a male > YELLOWHEADED BLACKBIRD is visible from Tschache. > > Jay McGowan -- 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/ --