My morning began with no less than 10 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS in my yard,
in the rain. But no hummers as yet :-( .
So, don't let anyone ever tell you that you have to be at Hawthorne
early! I had intended to be at Hawthorne at 7am, but wimped out due to
rain. Then I couldn't stand missing all the fun and headed out a bit
later when it was only lightly sprinkling. I was fully prepared to have
blown it, but decided to just go anyway. So I didn't arrive at the site
until 8:30am. WOW! to my surprise and delight it was busy busy busy.
First I was greeted by a BALTIMORE ORIOLE, singing on the tree at the
(SE?)entrance just like a gatekeeper. Then plunging in I found myself
surrounded by numerous warblers. At one point I was standing in the
center of a clearing and just kept turning around and around in a circle
trying to see all of them until I just gave up, put down my binoculars,
and stood blissed out listening to the 'surround sound'. I've never
experienced anything like that before.
I had most of the Warblers already reported, was amazed at the large
number of NORTHERN PARULAS & BLACKBURNIAN WARBLERS as well as my first
ever really good look at both a TENNESSEE WARBLER and a PRAIRIE WARBLER.
Didn't see or hear Blue-wing or Hooded which was reported earlier today.
Also had three large flocks of CEDAR WAXWINGS.
My ebird report below:
Hawthorn Orchard, Tompkins, US-NY
May 4, 2012 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM
44 species
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Least Flycatcher 4
Blue-headed Vireo 5
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 1
Barn Swallow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
American Robin 1
Gray Catbird 3
Cedar Waxwing X
Northern Waterthrush 1
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Tennessee Warbler X
Nashville Warbler X
Common Yellowthroat X
American Redstart 2
Northern Parula X
Magnolia Warbler X
Blackburnian Warbler X
Yellow Warbler X
Chestnut-sided Warbler X
Black-throated Blue Warbler X
Yellow-rumped Warbler X
Prairie Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler X
Canada Warbler 1
Eastern Towhee X
Chipping Sparrow X
Field Sparrow X
Song Sparrow X
White-throated Sparrow X
White-crowned Sparrow (Eastern) X
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle X
Baltimore Oriole 1
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
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Stephanie Greenwood
Ecovillage at Ithaca
221 Rachel Carson Way
Ithaca, NY 14850
607 280 1050
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