Location: ** Monkey Run--SE loop Observation date: 5/1/10 Notes: Great conditions last night with light south winds. A large number of arrivals at Monkey Run this morning. The biggest surprise by far was a male GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER. WEATHER: 60F. Calm. Mostly cloudy (90% cloud cover). OBSERVERS: Chris Wood and Jessie Barry. Number of species: 58
Canada Goose - Branta canadensis 2 Wood Duck - Aix sponsa 3 Common Merganser - Mergus merganser 2 Ruffed Grouse - Bonasa umbellus 2 Wild Turkey - Meleagris gallopavo 2 Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura 3 Belted Kingfisher - Megaceryle alcyon 3 Red-bellied Woodpecker - Melanerpes carolinus 3 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - Sphyrapicus varius 5 Downy Woodpecker - Picoides pubescens 4 Hairy Woodpecker - Picoides villosus 5 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) - Colaptes auratus [auratus Group] 4 Pileated Woodpecker - Dryocopus pileatus 1 Least Flycatcher - Empidonax minimus 1 Calling; giving whit notes. FOS. Eastern Phoebe - Sayornis phoebe 4 Blue Jay - Cyanocitta cristata 16 Included one pulse of 9 that were high up heading north. American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos 7 Tree Swallow - Tachycineta bicolor 2 Northern Rough-winged Swallow - Stelgidopteryx serripennis 1 Black-capped Chickadee - Poecile atricapillus 14 Tufted Titmouse - Baeolophus bicolor 7 Red-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta canadensis 4 White-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta carolinensis 1 Brown Creeper - Certhia americana 4 House Wren - Troglodytes aedon 10 Winter Wren (Eastern) - Troglodytes troglodytes [hiemalis Group] 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Regulus calendula 3 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Polioptila caerulea 2 Veery - Catharus fuscescens 1 Heard giving thick "veer" calls. Hermit Thrush - Catharus guttatus 1 Singing from our yard. American Robin - Turdus migratorius 13 Gray Catbird - Dumetella carolinensis 4 Brown Thrasher - Toxostoma rufum 1 European Starling - Sturnus vulgaris 2 Cedar Waxwing - Bombycilla cedrorum 12 Blue-winged Warbler - Vermivora pinus 4 FOS. GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER - Vermivora chrysoptera 1 **Rare. Singing male along the river. It soon flew far to the north into Monkey Run north. If people are interested in looking for it, I suggest checking Monkey Run north. Nashville Warbler - Vermivora ruficapilla 1 Singing on far east side of RR tracks. Yellow Warbler - Dendroica petechia 5 Chestnut-sided Warbler - Dendroica pensylvanica 1 Singing male. FOS. Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) - Dendroica coronata coronata 9 Pine Warbler - Dendroica pinus 11 Ovenbird - Seiurus aurocapilla 9 Arrived in big numbers last night. Common Yellowthroat - Geothlypis trichas 2 Eastern Towhee - Pipilo erythrophthalmus 8 Chipping Sparrow - Spizella passerina 10 Field Sparrow - Spizella pusilla 1 Song Sparrow - Melospiza melodia 14 White-throated Sparrow - Zonotrichia albicollis 13 Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) - Junco hyemalis hyemalis/carolinensis 5 Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis 19 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - Pheucticus ludovicianus 3 Red-winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus 12 Flyovers. Common Grackle - Quiscalus quiscula 3 Flyovers. Brown-headed Cowbird - Molothrus ater 9 Purple Finch (Eastern) - Carpodacus purpureus purpureus 4 Flyovers. House Finch - Carpodacus mexicanus 1 American Goldfinch - Carduelis tristis 11 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) Chris Wood eBird & Neotropical Birds Project Leader Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York http://ebird.org http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu -- 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/ --
