Spent a nice 4 hours walking around the pond this morning at SSW. Lots of sining YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS! Less activity than I had hoped for but still good birding. Interestingly, it wasn't until around 10am that I began to see the YRWAs. Several NORTHERN FLICKERS and YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS chasing each other. Nothing rare, but interesting species included 2 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS at the south end of the pond, 1 BROAD-TAILED HAWK, a MINK by the small pond on the west side of the large pond, and 2 NORTHERN WATER SNAKES mating at Fuller Wetlands.
Begin forwarded message: > From: <do-not-re...@ebird.org> > Date: April 17, 2012 1:19:40 PM EDT > To: <emb...@cornell.edu> > Subject: eBird Report - Sapsucker Woods, Apr 17, 2012 > > Sapsucker Woods, Tompkins, US-NY > Apr 17, 2012 7:45 AM - 12:00 PM > Protocol: Traveling > 1.5 mile(s) > Comments: Temp started around 47F and ended around 57F. Very little wind. > Mostly sunny. Mayapple, hellebore, and trout lilly present. Spring peppers > vocal. Saw two mourning cloaks, a mink, a bullhead, 13 painted turtles, an > eastern garter snake, and 2 northern water snakes mating in Fuller Wetland. > 35 species > > Canada Goose 8 > Wood Duck 2 > Mallard 1 > Great Blue Heron 2 > Broad-winged Hawk 1 > Red-tailed Hawk 1 > American Kestrel 2 On power line, possibly off of property. > Mourning Dove 2 > Red-bellied Woodpecker 4 > Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 10 > Downy Woodpecker 5 > Hairy Woodpecker 3 > Northern Flicker 7 > Eastern Phoebe 2 Pair building nest underneath boardwalk on Wilson Trail. > Blue Jay 6 1 bird gathering nest material > American Crow 15 > Tree Swallow 10 > Black-capped Chickadee 20 > Tufted Titmouse 9 1 pair gathering nest material, another pair entering > cavity high up in a tall american beech. > White-breasted Nuthatch 7 > Brown Creeper 4 > Ruby-crowned Kinglet 8 > American Robin 10 > Brown Thrasher 1 > European Starling X > Yellow-rumped Warbler 20 > Song Sparrow 1 > White-throated Sparrow 5 > Dark-eyed Junco 1 > Northern Cardinal 4 > Red-winged Blackbird X > Rusty Blackbird 2 > Common Grackle X > Brown-headed Cowbird 5 > American Goldfinch 9 > > This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (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/ --
