Excellent. That would be Trail Y-1 in the area of a blowdown a number of years ago. Canada warblers and winter wrens should be there also. Steve
-----Original Message----- From: Alberto Lopez [mailto:al.lopeztor...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2013 11:55 AM To: Susan Fast Cc: <cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Mourning Warbler at Hammond Hill It is on the yellow marker trail that starts on Hammond Hill Rd.? next to visitor parking lot. About 500m up the trail. We got great views, only one individual. Alberto On May 4, 2013, at 10:34 AM, "Susan Fast" <sustf...@yahoo.com> wrote: > This is interesting. First of all, where is your "usual spot"? I spent > several hours atop both Star Stanton and Hammond Hills yesterday. My "usual > spot" for mourning warblers is on Star Stanton Hill--go up Star Stanton Hill > Rd. (labeled), up the rough, abandoned part to the crest. Over the crest > 100 yds. and to the right is a road called "Truck Trail", which is, or is an > extension of, Canaan Rd. The first part of the Trail is where I have found > mourning warblers for years. Yesterday I heard, in the distance, what > sounded like the song, but a little odd. So I tracked it down. It turned > out to be a female PURPLE FINCH doing a quite passable mourning warbler > imitation. Also heard a rapidly singing BLUE-HEADED VIREO, which made me > think red-eyed. > > I walked about on Mt. Pleasant (Town of Dryden, State of New York, U.S.A.) > for some time this morning. Lots of SAVANNAH SPARROWS. No bobolinks, horned > larks, meadowlarks, vesper sparrows. In despair, and only 50 yds. from my > vehicle, I caught movement in a worked-up field at the corner of Mt. > Pleasant and Mineah Rds. and watched 2 AMERICAN PIPITS foraging. The day > was saved. > > Steve Fast > Brooktondale > > -----Original Message----- > From: bounce-87831342-9286...@list.cornell.edu > [mailto:bounce-87831342-9286...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Alberto Lopez > Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2013 8:41 AM > To: cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu > Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Mourning Warbler at Hammond Hill > > Chris Dalton, Nancy Chen, Nick Mason and I just found a singing Mourning > Warbler in the usual spot at Hammond Hill. Other Warblers include: > Nashville, Blackburnian, Ovenbird... A bit early again... > > Cheers, > > Alberto > -- > > 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/ --
