Location: Montezuma Audubon Center Observation date: 5/26/10 Notes: 10:45 am-12:45 pm; clear, sunny, warm, north breeze; Wed. Naturalists nature/bird hike; dame's rocket peak Number of species: 33
Pied-billed Grebe 1 seen & heard; north pond Great Blue Heron 1 (2 earlier) Turkey Vulture 1 Bald Eagle 1 high in thermal, thru trees from fire-ring Red-tailed Hawk 1 adult Buteo sp. 1 high in thermal, near eagle, thru trees from fire-ring hawk sp. 2 high in thermal, near eagle, seen thru trees from fire-ring Spotted Sandpiper 2 dropped into cattails, south pond Mourning Dove 1 heard (not seen), far Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 heard (not seen), walnut grove Great Crested Flycatcher 2 heard (not seen), 2 locations Eastern Kingbird 2 near observation platform Warbling Vireo 2 seen/heard from observation platform American Crow 6 Tree Swallow 4 4+ Barn Swallow 2 (usually 4 with 2 nests in back of building) Black-capped Chickadee 1 north woods White-breasted Nuthatch 1 at feeder; back & forth to walnut grove Eastern Bluebird 2 (pair) Veery 1 heard (not seen) behind wolf oak in second growth (gravel pit) Wood Thrush 1 heard (not seen), north woods American Robin 1 Gray Catbird 1 European Starling 1 Yellow Warbler 2 heard (not seen), 2 locations (one near observation platform) Common Yellowthroat 2 heard (not seen) warbler sp. 1 heard (not seen) Scarlet Tanager 1 heard (not seen), north woods Field Sparrow 1 heard (not seen), treeline to north field & woods Song Sparrow 2 north of observation platform Northern Cardinal 2 heard (not seen), separate Red-winged Blackbird 14 widespread Common Grackle 2 north pond area Brown-headed Cowbird 2 separate male & female Baltimore Oriole 4 (pair) nesting above fire-ring; +2 males on way back from north woods House Sparrow 2 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) -- Dave Spier Eaton Birding Society: http://eatonbirds.webs.com/ Montezuma Birding Trail: http://montezumabirding.webs.com -- 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/ --