Highlights from a lunchtime walk around the pond at Sapsucker Woods today included two YELLOW-THROATED VIREOS, one singing a normal song from across the pond (perhaps near the southwest corner), and one singing a spot-on Blue-headed Vireo song along the Wilson Trail North. This latter was bizarre, not just a not-very-burry Yellow-throated but a really close to perfect Blue-headed, but I watched it sing and it was unquestionably a Yellow-throated.
The second highlight was at least two begging juvenile BARRED OWLS and one or two adults nearby along the trail on the west side of Sapsucker Woods just a bit north of the trailheads along the road. The juveniles were giving their raspy, rising hiss begging calls and one of the adults would give a two-note hoot occasionally. I think Sean Scanlon's bird walk saw these guys earlier today, but this is the first I have seen of them this summer. I didn't get a great look at the juveniles but they looked pretty old, flying around competently and only downy around the fringes. -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology jw...@cornell.edu -- 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/ --
