Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Th 5/16

This morning I heard a Northern Waterthrush near the Sherwood Platform, and this afternoon I heard one along the Woodleton Boardwalk at 4:45. It wasn't singing when I was on the boardwalk at 4, but when I came back through at 4:45, it was singing. I think they typically s

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Th 5/16

Last time I heard one there was the 9th, but I don’t go there every day. Ann Sent from my iPhone > On May 16, 2019, at 2:35 PM, Linda Orkin wrote: > > Sounds like a wonderful morning. Glad you were out there. > > Interestingly we did not hear any Northern Waterthrush along the Woodleton > B

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Th 5/16

Sounds like a wonderful morning. Glad you were out there. Interestingly we did not hear any Northern Waterthrush along the Woodleton Boardwalk yesterday either and they are so reliably persistent, usually. Linda Orkin Ithaca, NY On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 12:47 PM Mark Chao wrote: > I walke

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Tues 5/7

Still there in the rain at 1:30 this afternoon.Colleen Richards -- Original Message -- From: Mark Chao To: Cayugabirds- L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Tues 5/7 Date: Tue, 7 May 2019 10:51:02 -0400 On Tuesday morning in Sapsucker Woods, I joined Tom Hoebbel, Holly A

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Th 2/7 (Barred Owl reported again)

I observed it in the fog at 745am but chose not to report it. I’d like to ask all to be aware that the last time I did, the crowd that showed up scared it off. Raptors have better eyesight than you and get edgy when a cluster of people gather under the tree. (which is a lousy viewpoint since it

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Sun 10/14

MERLIN still present in same tree (just past noon -- 90 minutes and counting!), unfazed by foot traffic right below. Also BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER seen and another WINTER WREN seen and heard (jif-jif call notes) next to base of Woodleton Boardwalk. Mark Chao On Oct 14, 2018 11:02 AM, "Mark Ch

RE:[cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker woods

I also encountered one or two large warbler flocks in Sapsucker Woods at lunch time. The first one was near the eastern intersection of the Wilson Trail and the Severinghaus Trail, past the Podell boardwalk from the CLO building. This flock was moving toward the building. About 30 minutes later

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Fri 9/7

> Excellent warbler numbers and diversity by Sherwood Platform in Sapsucker > Woods on Friday (9:30 am). Cape May (2+), Wilson's, N. Parula, > Blackburnian, Black-throated Blue, Black-throated Green, several > Chestnut-sided, Nashville, et al. I haven't even checked the north side of > the pond yet

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Mon 8/20

Mark, what a fabulous report of the fall warbler migration at Sapsucker Woods! In my yard yesterday (I live 0.8 miles south of the lab near the intersection of Hanshaw and Freese Roads), I also saw a Bay-breasted Warbler in plumage more typical of a spring male. Yes, eBird flagged my sighting, t

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Sun 8/12 (Golden-winged Warbler)

During the Saturday morning CBC walk at Sapsucker, mostly in light rain, we also saw one Blue-Winged Warbler 50 feet from the building near the pond overlook. Dick Feldman Sent from my iPhone On Aug 12, 2018, at 11:31 AM, Mark Chao mailto:markc...@imt.org>> wrote: On Sunday morning at 8:40, I

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods and Newman Municipal Golf Course, Tues 5/1

Sent from my iPad > On May 1, 2018, at 11:00 AM, Mark Chao wrote: > > I had a lot of gratifying bird encounters around Ithaca on Tuesday morning. > Here are some highlights. > > * The GREAT HORNED OWL mother and her two chicks still at their nest in the > center of the Newman Municipal Go

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Wed 5/17

I'm an unskilled bird watcher but I listened to the Internet and discovered a black billed cuckoo calling next to my garden this AM On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 7:35 AM, Mark Chao wrote: > Birding has been very slow for me in Sapsucker Woods so far on Wednesday. > Despite my usual rather wide coverag

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Wed 5/17

Sorry for not catching the annoying auto-correct in my last message -- I meant Yellow-rumped Warblers, not more interesting yellow-billed birds. It is still beautiful here, with several singing Scarlet Tanagers, more Veeries than I've found previously, and my first Eastern Wood-Pewee of the spring

RE:[cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods--Palm Warbler

There’s a Palm Warbler foraging along the Podell Boardwalk. Turned out to be a life bird for two visitors from Harrisburg, PA! Anne Marie Johnson -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastB

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods this morning

And a Brown Thrasher was singing near the far parking lot. David McCartt On Apr 27, 2017, at 9:09 AM, Brad Walker mailto:bm...@cornell.edu>> wrote: An Ovenbird was also singing on and off near the eastern edge of the east side this morning, too. A Rose-breasted Grosbeak, a Nashville Warbler, a

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods this morning

An Ovenbird was also singing on and off near the eastern edge of the east side this morning, too. A Rose-breasted Grosbeak, a Nashville Warbler, and a number of Yellow-rumped Warblers were also on the Wilson Trail at about 7am. On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 8:58 AM Anne Marie Johnson wrote: > There’s

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Sun 5/15

Adding to Mark’s observations, I’ll add a potential Willow Flycatcher or Eastern Wood-Pewee in the same general area as the Lincoln’s Sparrow. I only saw the flycatcher for a handful of seconds in the shrubs along the edge of the pond, but in that time I failed to see a partial or complete whit

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Sat 5/14

In addition to Mark's birds, my SFO group and I heard an Eastern wood Peewee. Laura Laura Stenzler l...@cornell.edu On May 14, 2016, at 9:40 AM, Mark Chao mailto:markc...@imt.org>> wrote: I found some migrants scattered around Sapsucker Woods on Saturday (6:15-8:55 AM

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods

On Thursday afternoon, I walked most of the trails of Sapsucker Woods and found rather few birds, until I ran into a prodigious mixed flock at the first split on the Wilson Trail North. I saw CANADA WARBLER, BAY-BREASTED WARBLER, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, NORTHERN

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker woods

On a quick walk through the woods this morning looking for the owners who had left two chihuahuas in a car Sara Jones spotted and I confirmed, a Ruffed Grouse running along the floor of the forest. In a brief surprise altercation with a chipmunk she flared her tail. This was just by the Podell

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker woods

Earlier with the weekend morning bird walk, we started near the pergola with Black-and-White, Black-throated-Green, and Tennessee -- the last one showed a hint of a white spot on the wing which made me wonder if it wasn't a black-throated-blue. By the parking lot was a cooperative bay-breasted with

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods Weekend Bird walk reports.

Sent from my iPad > On Jul 27, 2015, at 2:03 PM, "Chris R. Pelkie" > wrote: > > Speaking of compliant Phoebes, I walked to Sherwood Platform at lunch and met > (first time) a visitor/birder from NYC. As he was turning to leave and I was > approaching, I spotted a Phoebe on the hand rail and

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods Weekend Bird walk reports.

Speaking of compliant Phoebes, I walked to Sherwood Platform at lunch and met (first time) a visitor/birder from NYC. As he was turning to leave and I was approaching, I spotted a Phoebe on the hand rail and pointed it out to him. It was 5’ away. Then it hopped to a closer post and eventually to

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods mourning warbler

There was also a very cooperative GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH on the ground on the Wilson Trail, halfway along the stretch that runs along the pond on the western side. - Brad On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 7:56 AM Brad Walker wrote: > Hi all, > > A MOURNING WARBLER is currently singing along the west edge of

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods migrants

To add to Brad's tally: there were two Northern Parulas, both singing, on the Wilson Trail North just west of the Sherwood Platform at about 9:15AM. A Blackburnian Warbler also sang a few times further east on the Wilson Trail, just beyond the footbridge. Scott On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 8:04 AM, Br

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods migrants

I've been watching the gull feeding frenzy the last several evenings. They are definitely catching something. I drive that way every day and cannot recall this happening before and especially not so many days in a row. Anyone care to speculate on what they are feeding so frenzily on? All those gul

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods worm eating warbler

The West Danby Worm-eating Warblers do sing from within the canopy on their nesting territories, especially around 9:00 AM when the sun first breaks over the pinnacles to light the treetops. But the steep exposed habitat is very harsh and the trees seem stunted: mostly they top-out at 25 - 30 fe

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods worm eating warbler

This was an interesting exchange: I wondered if WEWA foraged and sang from very high perches, since I think of them as low bush skulkers. But I have much to learn about such things and no guarantee all of a species do the same thing anyway. ChrisP On May 6, 2015, at 12:01, Brad Walker mailto:e

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods worm eating warbler

Thanks Jay and Gary! One uncommon bird was mistaken for another. I'll update my list later. Brad On Wed, May 6, 2015, 11:58 Jay McGowan wrote: > Gary and I just refound Brad's warbler in the same spot, above the egg > cairn on the east side. However, it turned out to be not a Worm-eating but >

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods worm eating warbler

Gary and I just refound Brad's warbler in the same spot, above the egg cairn on the east side. However, it turned out to be not a Worm-eating but an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, understandably confusing as it foraged high over the trail in the crowns of the trees, only occasionally giving its metallic t

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods Road Barred Owl

Right around the same time as Marie's sighting, someone was in the vicinity of the Wilson Trail South repeatedly hooting a Barred Owl imitation for about two minutes. Perhaps, instead of the desired effect of bringing the owl closer, the imitation scared the owl across the road (and into Marie's l

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods Birds

There was also a Swainson’s Thrush on the Wilson Trail between the small bridge and the Sherwood Platform. And there was a Swamp Sparrow mixed with the Song Sparrows around the parking lots. Anne Marie From: bounce-118076898-9846...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-118076898-9846...@list.cornel

RE:[cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Sat 5/10

Again I was a little overheated when I posted just now. Cape May was the SECOND most abundant warbler species of my walk today, after Yellow-Rumped. I'll try to be more deliberate in upcoming posts (but I can't promise you that I'll succeed if the birding continues like this). Mark From: M

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Fri 5/9 full summary (22+ warbler species incl Golden-winged)

Just a quick note to add that there was a cooperative LINCOLN'S SPARROW in the feeder garden at the Cornell Lab Visitor's Center at about 11:30 this morning. Great day here at Sapsucker Woods! Best, Matt Medler Ithaca From: Mark Chao To: 'Cayugabirds- L'

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Fri 5/9 full summary (22+ warbler species incl Golden-winged)

One more warbler to add to Mark's list: a male Hooded that Brad Walker found on the Wilson Trail North at about 10:15AM, and briefly re-seen by Dan Lane shortly after. -Scott On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 11:35 AM, Mark Chao wrote: > At about 9 AM on Friday, I returned to Sapsucker Woods and met up w

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods Prairie Warbler

Here's a photo of the Prairie Warbler I found on the CBC field trip this morning, by the Sherwood platform. This is the same pic I uploaded to the club Facebook group. https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-2Oq-5z5Rz20/U2UfARK4aQI/JfI/jxsky4l3JZs/w1391-h927-no/IMG_7066.jpg On 5/3/2014 10:2

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods Prairie Warbler

> Hi all, Scott Haber and I took a steel through Sapsucker Woods this morning and found a few new arrivals, including a BALTIMORE ORIOLE and a PRAIRIE WARBLER singing from the powerline cut as we left. > There may have been two Prairies, as I was with a group that had a singing Prairie at the foot

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Fri 5/2

A quick jaunt around the Wilson Trail just now produced two new birds for me: A WOOD THRUSH silently foraging under bushes near the footbridge, and a vibrant male BLUE-WINGED WARBLER foraging in dead leaf clusters over the stream next to the footbridge. A BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER was very obvious alon

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Wed 9/18

Hi all, I ran into Mark and Tilden right after this and they told me about the flock. I had two MOURNING WARBLERS (Adult female and immature) and a GREEN HERON to add to that small group. Brad On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 9:00 AM, Mark Chao wrote: > Tilden joined me for a lightning foray on the W

RE:[cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Th 9/5

I forgot to mention that we also saw BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER and several BLACKBURNIAN WARBLERS on the Wilson Trail this morning. The Romans saw a TENNESSEE WARBLER and another pair of birders reported a Northern Parula, for a collective total of 15 or 16 species. Mark From: Mark Chao [ma

RE:[cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods additions

A couple of additional migrants in Sapsucker Woods this morning... I heard and briefly glimpsed a SWAINSON'S THRUSH singing softly along the trail between the Wilson Trail and SSW road at about 8:45. Along the wood chip path in the power line cut on the east side of SSW road, I had great look

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods Birds Rail and other birds

I wanted to thank Brad (who I do see in the hallway occasionally) for reminding me that the strange sound that put me onto the Wilson's Snipe is called 'winnowing'. I had forgotten I knew that word. And thanks to Tom Schulenberg who I did see in the hallway for explaining that my field guide co

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods Tuesday

I was also at Sapsucker Woods this morning, from 7:20 to 9:40am. For me most of the birds were near the parking lots and the Lab entrance. In addition to the warblers Bob mentioned, I saw: NASHVILLE WARBLERCOMMON YELLOWTHROATYELLOW WARBLERCHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLERPALM WARBLERWILSON'S WARBLERThere were

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods Migrants (06 Sep)

I had a little flock this morning along Sapsucker Woods Road near the "Frog Barn" (91 Sapsucker Woods Road) with Warbling, Philadelphia, and Red-eyed vireos, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, and a few warblers (Magnolia, Blackpoll, Black-throated Green). There was a (the?) Prairie Warbler along the nort

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods at Noon

I also did not see many migrants in the late morning around Sapsucker Woods. However, on my way out of work this evening around 5:30 I encountered a couple nice flocks, the first an almost completely Oreothlypis-based one of 4+ TENNESSEE WARBLERS (a couple drab adults and a couple bright greenish-y

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods this morning

Linda: > Paul. Sounds like another lovely morning leading the public SSW walk. > > Logistically, just wondering. Did you incorporate your postings to > Bird Log into walk discussions? Or did you post surreptitiously? I > am thinking and being inspired that it really will be a great thing to >

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods this morning

Paul. Sounds like another lovely morning leading the public SSW walk. Logistically, just wondering. Did you incorporate your postings to Bird Log into walk discussions? Or did you post surreptitiously? I am thinking and being inspired that it really will be a great thing to involve walk part

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Sun 5/20

Hi everyone, Somehow Mark and I didn't run into each other in Sapsucker Woods today, so maybe we were visiting different areas? Anyway, I did find a few different migrants than Mark, with both BLACKPOLL WARBLER (Podell boardwalk) and BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER (Woodleton boardwalk) singing, but d

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Fri 5/11

I had a lone PINE SISKIN flying north over my house this morning, so maybe that's the one Mark saw. There were still the remnants of a migrant flock on Tareyton Drive near my house this morning -- 6-8 YELLOW-RUMPS, 1 AMERICAN REDSTART, 1 NASHVILLE, 1 YELLOW WARBLER, 1 singing RUBY-CROWNED KINGL

RE:[cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods additions

I was just out too and can add Blue-headed Vireo.  It was near the foot bridge on the Wilson Trail. David --- On Wed, 5/2/12, Laura Stenzler wrote: From: Laura Stenzler Subject: RE:[cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods additions To: "CAYUGABIRDS-L" Date: Wednesday, May 2, 2012

RE:[cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods additions

Between 8:30 and 10 am this morning I also walked the trails at Sapsucker Woods. Additions to Anne Marie's list include: On the east side, just past the powerline cut, Brown Thrasher Parula Warbler Black and White Warbler Brown Creeper Black-throated Green Warbler Laura l...@cornell.edu

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Tues 10/4

I also had a very good morning at Sapsucker Woods, seeing many of the same birds as Mark although we did not meet.  I only have a few additions.  I arrived at the parking lot along the Dryden Rd side midway along Sapsucker Woods at 8am and walked north along the trails of the Ithaca side toward the

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Tues 9/20

By early afternoon the Wilson Trail was quiet for me (or else I was burned out after walking the woods trails staring vainly for thrushes).  The only migrant I found was there a/the PHILADELPHIA VIREO near the Fuller Wetlands.  Jay & Livia were just headed down the trail as I was leaving.  Maybe th

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Fri 9/16

I didn't have the number of birds Mark saw. I saw Wilson's, Magnolia (more than one), Black-throated Green (6+), and a Tennessee Warbler. There were a couple extra warblers, but I did not have the luck to see them. The first flock was at the beginning of Wilsons Trail, then I ran into a flock tha

RE:[cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Wed 9/14

On the Wilson Trail North on Wednesday, I missed the first four warbler species that Jay reports below from his Sapsucker Woods walk, but I found several others -- Hooded (1 M), Black-throated Blue (2 M together), Chestnut-sided, Blackburnian, and Ovenbird, plus a Wood Thrush and a probable Swainso

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods 6Sep2011

A couple species to add to Jay's report, N. Parula, Scarlet Tanager, Baltimore Oriole. Flocks are very active. -F On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 2:33 PM, Jay McGowan wrote: > The Wilson Trail at Sapsucker Woods was very active this morning and just > now at lunch. Several large warbler flocks were worki

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Wed 5/18

Came late to Sapsucker so didn't get that Olive-sided. I can add BAY-BREASTED and, literally 2 minutes ago from this post, I had PHILADELPHIA VIREO, YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER and HOODED WARBLER right out in front of the lab between the conifers and boardwalk. On May 18, 2011, at 8:33 AM, Mark

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Sun 5/15

In the mid-morning rain I headed to the Wilson Trail and found Laura Stenzler & her husband, Ton.  By the time the rain let up we were also joined independently by Stuart Krasnoff and Ann Mitchell.  The birding was great, especially after we no longer had to keep drying our optics, and especially f

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Sun 5/15

The Blue-winged Warbler has been present near the second footbridge for more than a week, although I haven't heard it sing there. I put a photo of it bathing in the stream while a female Rose-breasted Grosbeak watches at https://picasaweb.google.com/KevinJ.McGowan/Birds2011#5606746028382005762.

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods- Blackpoll

Sapsucker Woods was pretty still this morning, way less action than the past > couple days. Highlights were a BLACKPOLL WARBLER and the first GREEN HERON > I've seen at the pond. Other warblers had were BLACK-THROATED BLUE, > MAGNOLIA, YELLOW-RUMPED, YELLOWTHROAT, REDSTART, YELLOW, OVEN, N WATER. O

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Wed 5/11

I walked the Wilson Trail after work. I didn't find many of the great birds reported today, but did see my first R.T. HUMMINGBIRD and ALDER FLYCATCHER calling just before the first house on the curve with the crazy stop sign. Gary On May 11, 2011, at 2:00 PM, Matthew Medler wrote: I spent a

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Wed 5/11

I spent a bit of time out on the Wilson Trail North this morning, and will add a singing TENNESSEE WARBLER to the day's warbler list at Sapsucker Woods. I'll also note that this species, like most of our North American "Vermivora"s, is now actually in the genus Oreothlypis. (Sorry, Chris.) Matt

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods - Tuesday late lunch

I relocated Laura and Roi's Blackburnian at the south end of the Podell Boardwalk at 2:40PM, although it was far less cooperative for me than it was for them. In typical fashion for the species, it was at vertebrae-shattering height in a large oak blossoming with catkins, although it was singing r

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Fri 5/6

And why does a crow soak his pizza? Caws. On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 1:24 PM, Mark Chao wrote: > Miyoko Chu and I walked through Sapsucker Woods together on Friday > morning (7:55-8:50 AM). Migrants were widely and rather sparsely > scattered. We found BLACK-THROATED GREEN , BLACK-THROATED BLUE,

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Tues 4/26

-l] Sapsucker Woods, Tues 4/26 To: "Mark Chao" Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L@cornell.edu Date: Tuesday, April 26, 2011, 2:06 PM A quick lunch walk turned up two NASHVILLE WARBLERS by the pines along the power line cut, a BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER in the woods on the Dryden side, a BLACK-THROATED GRE

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Tues 4/26

I don't have much to add to Mark's list but I had at least 3-4 Ovenbirds and several Hermit Thrushes. I can also add my FOY Great-crested Flycatcher but I can't remember the name of the trail (between Wilson Trail and Sapsucker Woods Road). Drew --- Drew Fulton Drew Fulton Photogra

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Tues 4/26

I had some but by no means all of the species in Sapsucker Woods reported by Mark. Additions were Great Crested Flycatcher - one on the northeast leg of the Severinghaus trail Blue-headed Vireo - 1 singing where Severinghaus and Wilson trails join Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - edge of the p

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Tues 4/26

A quick lunch walk turned up two NASHVILLE WARBLERS by the pines along the power line cut, a BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER in the woods on the Dryden side, a BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER singing from somewhere on the Wilson Trail, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT in the brushy area along the power line cut, Yellow Wa

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods and Monkey Run North, Sun 4/24

I was in Sapsucker Woods this morning too. I saw the Veery, though I confused it with a Swainson's Thrush at first :-( I saw probably between 60-80 Rusty Blackbirds first on the Wilson trail, then possibly the same flock on the Podell boardwalk. On the East trail was a flock of warblers, mayb

Re: RE: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Sat 4/23

Well, not quite nothing.  The list for our SFO group for the morning comes to 48 species, plus 4 more leader-only species, but it's true we had a long wet walk around the pond with little to show for it.  Then we went inside to dry off a bit as the rain subsided.  Clearly we would have done well to

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Sat 4/23

Hi Mark et al, So, Dave Nutter and I led a group of intrepid birders for Spring Field Ornithology along the Wilson Trail at Sapsucker Woods this morning, between 7:30 and 9 Am, in the TEEMING RAIN! And, we saw next to NOTHING in the way of birds! So, Mark, good for you! And ... aaarrrggh!

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Wed 4/20

I just finished a quick walk around the pond and had a small flock of songbirds including 4-5 Yellow-rumped Warblers, a lone male Black-throated Green Warbler, a Blue-headed Vireo, and a Ruby-crowned Kinglet. A pair of noisy Belted Kingfishers were constantly flying around as well as the usual

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Wed 4/20

As I was leaving the Lab at around 10:30 this morning, a Broad-winged Hawk flew over, landed briefly in a tree north of the main pond, and then took off south. Bob McGuire On Apr 20, 2011, at 10:19 AM, Mark Chao wrote: Highlights from Sapsucker Woods on Wednesday morning: . One silent HERM

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Wed 4/20

Also of note in the Sapsucker Woods area this morning (at feeders at the corner of Sapsucker Woods and Sanctuary Drive) was a flock of at least 18 PURPLE FINCHES, 5+ American Goldfinches, and at least one PINE SISKIN. Two BONAPARTE'S GULLS were at George Road, and a GRAY CATBIRD was skulking in th

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Sun 9/19/10

Hi all, I birded around Sapsucker Woods today (9/19) from 2 to 4 pm. I came across two flocks of warblers, moving very fast and high in the trees. The first was on the Wilson trail (lots of mosquitoes!) , and the second was at the east end of the Woodleton boardwalk. I did not identify as man

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Sat 9/11

I, too, was at Sapsucker Woods much of the morning, along with Ann Mitchell, Stuart Krasnoff, Gary Kohlenberg, and Paul Anderson.  Those of us who stayed late enough to run into Mark & family were directed first to a warbler flock containing most of the species he listed, and then to a Philadelphia

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods (Olive-sided Flycatcher), Mon 9/6

The Olive-sided is currently on the snag with the smaller of the two Great Blue Heron nests, easily visible from the Lab building, along the Wilson Trail, or from the Sherwood Platform. Jay McGowan Dryden, NY On Sep 6, 2010 9:35 AM, "Mark Chao" wrote: > Gary Kohlenberg just called -- he has foun

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Th 5/13

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-Pi

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods

Just a couple of days ago, I was wondering if the Red-shouldered has returned. Ryan thanks for reporting his/her (Tom Corrlan had determined the sex but now I forget) return. When everything is quiet in woods, it is great to hear this hawk and the jays imitating! Meena At 12:55 PM 11/15/2009,