Hi all, After dropping my daughter off for school this morning I made an impromptu stop at Personius Woods (part of Tanglewood Nature Center in Elmira, Chemung Co., NY). You know it's going to be a good day when four species of warbler greet you before you get out of the car!
I observed 11 species of warblers, but the nuthatches and woodpeckers I expected were conspicuously quiet and I didn't find any hoped-for thrushes. The highlights were a Black-capped Chickadee with a face full of deer hair (creating a look to rival Santa Claus's legendary beard) and a loudly-singing Mourning Warbler. I just discovered that was the second Mourning Warbler I've reported from Tanglewood - the first being exactly one year ago, 17 May, 2010. My full checklist is below. Good birding, Mike -- Mike Powers Horseheads, NY Tanglewood Nature Center--Personius Woods, Chemung, US-NY May 17, 2011 8:10 AM - 9:00 AM Protocol: Traveling 0.5 mile(s) Comments: Conditions: 47*F, 100% cloud cover, low-lying cloud cover created fog-like atmosphere, no direct precipitation (but damp). 33 species Mourning Dove 4 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 1 Blue-headed Vireo 1 Blue Jay 2 American Crow 5 Black-capped Chickadee 6 Tufted Titmouse 2 American Robin 4 Gray Catbird 3 Brown Thrasher 2 Blue-winged Warbler 3 Tennessee Warbler 1 Northern Parula 1 Yellow Warbler 1 Chestnut-sided Warbler 4 Magnolia Warbler 2 Blackburnian Warbler 1 Prairie Warbler 2 Ovenbird 1 Mourning Warbler 1 Common Yellowthroat 4 Eastern Towhee 2 Field Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 3 Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 2 Scarlet Tanager 2 Northern Cardinal 2 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 Red-winged Blackbird 6 Brown-headed Cowbird 3 American Goldfinch 5 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://ebird.org) -- 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/ --
