Hi Bob, you wrote: > I almost forgot - we got good looks at a single Blackpoll Warbler. This > normally signals the end of spring migration. How many days do we have left??
The trouble with the Blackpoll benchmark is that at least a few Blackpolls pass through here early (10th of May!), though the main wave is still 2 or 3 weeks away (I hope!) Blue-winged Warbler only arrived at my place a couple of days ago, and just now I had a FOY Blue-gray Gnatcatcher in my yard. So I'm counting on spring migration to continue for a while yet. I'm just starting to watch for Common Nighthawks, which passed over West Danby on the 19th last year. Yesterday I encountered Broad-winged Hawks twice (sorry, Jay!) The first hawk was being chased by a Baltimore Oriole at the Sweedler Preserve. The second was incubating eggs in its nest in the woods about 100 yards from my house. A few days ago it was possible to view the nest from quite a respectful distance, but this heat wave has encouraged leaf-out, and now the hawks have much more privacy. -Geo -- 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/ --
