I was at the Swan Pond at Stewart Park starting about 1:40pm as a fairly substantial rain shower was tapering off.
There were lots of Barn Swallows (I saw 9 perched together during a lull) and several Northern Rough-winged Swallows (I saw 4 perched together), and at least 1 male and one female Tree Swallow. I did not manage to count the Yellow-rumped Warblers, who were doing a lot of flycatching over the pond, but I’m guessing there were at least 10. Nor did I manage to count the less conspicuous Palm Warblers, but I think there were at least 4, and they also did some flycatching. I was surprised not to find the Yellow Warbler I saw there a couple days ago, which I had assumed was on its territory there. Maybe it gave up for awhile. There was also an Eastern Phoebe and my first-of-year Eastern Kingbird flycatching over the pond. I agree, it was busy, and beautiful to watch. I stayed there for over an hour. - - Dave Nutter > On Apr 28, 2018, at 9:13 PM, Sandy Wold <sandra.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > > This morning 8:30-10am I saw so many birds in my loop through Renwick Woods > to the Swan Pond and then through the Golf Course. > > Here are the highlights and many FOYs for me: > --flicker kek-kek-keking incessantly near the top of a tree near a snag. I > think it was a she (no mustache) > --I estimate that there were at least 12 Golden-rumped Warblers. They were > all sitting around the main pond on shrubs or up in trees darting out to snag > a bug over the water and back. This was happening so fast, I could not > accurately count them. The loud music and yelling over with the crew team > did not seem to affect them or their calling. > --By 9:30am, I noticed a second warbler, the Yellow Warbler! They had more > of a swallow-like insect hunting behavior. At times I thought I saw a third > species of warbler and other species of swallow, and then they disappeared. > I thought I heard a flycatcher a few times, but never saw it. The swallows > showed up soon thereafter, and I think they sound slightly different. > --Then by 10am, a huge swarm of swallows arrived, about 30! They were all > over the pond zipping back and forth. I watched to see if the GRWs stopped. > They seemed to break for a minute or two, but then they went back at it. It > was quite the choreography, and they seemed to operate at different heights > above the pond. I definitely saw Barn Swallows and think I may have seen one > of the other kinds. > ---As all of this was going on, the bull frogs started up. > --As I walked across the golf course, the tree frog went at it. > --Heard but not seen: Kingfisher, Song Sparrow, American Redstart > > Welcome back friends!!! > CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION YOU CAN TAKE: Divesting from animal agriculture by > switching to a plant-based diet can help > mitigate significant amounts of methane. A vegan diet is heart-healthy, > non-violent, anti-colonial, and sustainable! Pledge the Ithaca 10 or 30-day > (Plant-based) Vegan Challenge! > www.facebook.com/groups/IthacaVeganChallenge/ > Instagram #VeganPlanet2020 > --- > Sandy Wold, sustainability educator/artist > B.S. Chemistry/Biochemistry, University of Florida > M.S. Science Education, UC Santa Cruz/SUNY Cortland > https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandy-wold-877114a7/ > https://sandy-wold.squarespace.com/ > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- 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/ --
