this afternoon I kayaked around the south end of the lake, from Stewart Park over to Hog Hole. shortly after putting in at Stewart Park, directly across from the Cascadilla Boat House, I heard what sounded for all the world like a Prothonotary Warbler singing. it wasn't singing much (admittedly, it was mid afternoon), but I heard at least four short song bouts. unfortunately I never saw it, partly because it sang relatively infrequently (hence difficult to track), and also in part because it seemed to be moving in the opposite direction from me (the bird was moving upstream, whereas my kayak party was heading out), so I never got a visual confirmation. frustrating! but I strongly suspect that there still is a Prothonotary at the south end of Cayuga Lake, perhaps spending as much or more time in East Jetty Woods as in Stewart Park.
tss -- Thomas S. Schulenberg Research Associate Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca NY 14850 https://birdsoftheworld.org http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist voice: [moot now: working from home during covid lockdown] email: ts...@cornell.edu -- 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/ --
