I must have just missed Bob, but saw and heard the same warblers while walking the path around the swan pen. Also singing were numerous house sparrows, redwings, robins, starlings, and a N. Cardinal. Several Northern Rough-winged and numerous Tree Swallows were catching insects over the water and a chattering kingfisher circled the pond and flew off. I must have come right after a hatch of gnats as a cloud of them swarmed around me as I followed the warblers around the pond.
Several Canada Geese are nesting along the northern edge of the pen with protective males fiercely hissing at passersby. Above one nest, a trio of bright N. Flickers noisily challenged each other atop a large cottonwood. Their yellow under-wings were flashing brilliant yellow as they flew around each other loudly squawking and trading places on the limb. Six pairs of Lesser Scaup and a pair of Bufflehead were resting just off shore in the placid lake along with numerous Canada Geese and mallards. A predominantly white-bodied hybrid mallard was also among the mix. It was a pleasant interlude on this drizzly, dank day. Candace Cornell On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 2:14 PM, bob mcguire <bmcgu...@clarityconnect.com>wrote: > A lunch-time walk around the Swan Pen at Stewart Park turned up three > singing Palm Warblers. They were all Eastern race (bright yellow > underparts), different from the Palm Warblers found there last week which > were the Western race. Also found were three Yellow-rumped Warblers, several > of which were also singing. > > I then walked the path through Jetty Woods. There was a single Purple Finch > singing loudly while munching wild grapes near the entrance, four Rusty > Blackbirds (2 males, 2 females), and a Ruby-crowned Kinglet. > > Bob McGuire > > > > > > -- > > 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/ > > -- > -- 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/ --
