Adding to Mark’s observations, I’ll add a potential Willow Flycatcher or Eastern Wood-Pewee in the same general area as the Lincoln’s Sparrow. I only saw the flycatcher for a handful of seconds in the shrubs along the edge of the pond, but in that time I failed to see a partial or complete white eye-ring (I looked specifically for this), and grey and not crisply-white wing bars (both of which I would expect on a Least Flycatcher).
Wesley Hochachka From: bounce-120487691-3494...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-120487691-3494...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Mark Chao Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2016 11:50 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Sun 5/15 I thought that the birding was just as good in the sheltered wooded areas of Sapsucker Woods on Sunday as it was under much more temperate conditions on Saturday. Here are some highlights. * LINCOLN’S SPARROW along the edge of the small pond by the maintenance building, East Trail * Thirteen warbler species, including CANADA (1 silent M, Wilson Trail North), PALM, BLACK-THROATED BLUE (1 F, aforementioned pond edge along East Trail), BLACK-THROATED GREEN (1 F, Wilson/Severinghaus), MAGNOLIA (1 M and 1 F, Wilson North), CHESTNUT-SIDED (Wilson North), NORTHERN PARULA (2 singing, north end of Woodleton Boardwalk), and several YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS throughout * Six male and four female WOOD DUCKS together on the main pond, plus two pairs in the woods, one on each side of the road * Two Blue Jays giving quiet alarm calls and converging tentatively near an American Mink * A singing Baltimore Oriole in female-like plumage. The Birds of North America account says that second-year males in subadult plumage sing, and adult females sing too, but both only rarely. And here in northeast Ithaca, my wife Miyoko “The Bluebird Whisperer” Chu saw an adult female EASTERN BLUEBIRD perched out in our yard this morning. So Miyoko ran out and took a quick look inside this bird’s nest box. There are five chalk-blue eggs in the nest! Mark Chao -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> BirdingOnThe.Net<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/ --
