There were two Prothonotary Warblers countersinging from opposite sides of Armitage Road at 4:30 pm on Monday afternoon (31 May 2011). These birds were just 10-20 yards west of the little gravel pull-off area on the west side of the one-lane green bridge. No sign of any Acadians at that time, but a singing Northern Waterthrush was a bit of a surprise. Not a surprise, but always nice to hear, were two Cerulean Warblers. Oh, and a distant Black-billed Cuckoo sang for about 30 seconds.
Matt Medler Ithaca ________________________________ From: bob mcguire <bmcgu...@clarityconnect.com> To: cayugabirdlist <cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu> Sent: Wednesday, June 1, 2011 8:47 AM Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Prothontary - no John Confer and I drove up to the north end of the lake yesterday evening to look for some of the recently-sighted birds. From the tower at Tschache Pool we scoped the vast mud flats and found - 3 BLACK- BELLIED PLOVERS and two distant shorebirds that flew in and disappeared behind logs and stumps. No other shorebirds. 3 Red-winged Blackbirds. One of the plovers had a markedly darker cap, making it worth a closer look. However the throat and belly were black while the vent was white, and the bill was relatively short and stubby. So we left it as Black-bellied Plover. >From there we drove out Armitage Road, parked just past the green bridge, and spent about a half hour walking up and down the road to the west. We heard several Yellow Warblers, 2 American Redstarts, also Common Yellowthroats, Swamp Sparrows and, surprisingly, 3 ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS. Two of them were on the north side, close to the road. The third was on the south side. Unfortunately for us, no Prothonotary Warblers. We left at sunset. Bob McGuire -- 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/ -- -- 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/ --
