[cayugabirds-l] Danby: Bald Eagle, Brown Thrasher, Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yesterday I stopped at Jennings Pond and right away heard a large raptor calling. Looked up and there was a Bald Eagle soaring over the pond! Watched it fly across the pond and land in pines in the south west corner. It stayed there the whole time I walked around. As soon as I brought my bins down, I noticed another raptor flying east from the pond: an Osprey with a fish in its talons. So I'm not sure who was vocalizing as I got out of the car. I wonder if the two species can peacefully co-exist on such a small pond. I walked the trails behind the pond and was rewarded with nice looks at: lots Yellow-rumped Warblers, a few Ruby-crowned Kinglets, and Belted Kingfisher. This morning as I took Easter baskets out to hide at 6:15am (not because my kids still believe in the Easter bunny, but because my wife does!), I heard a Brown Thrasher singing from the Cemetery south of our house, along Nelson Rd. We've also had Savannah Sparrow show up this week, and the Tree Swallows and Bluebirds are conducting their annual battle over our bird boxes. I'm curious, a Killdeer was doing it's broken-wing fake out yesterday, would they have eggs to defend already? Or was it just practicing? ;^) Eric -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Rose-Breasted Grosbeak, Brooktondale
There are a lot of great birds in Shindagin Hollow, but it's outside the Cayuga Lake Basin, so I'm still seeking a 2011 first basin record for Rose-breasted Grosbeak. Of course I'm also interested in any neat bird observations in the region!--Dave NutterOn Apr 24, 2011, at 05:47 AM, Melissa Groo melg...@hotmail.com wrote: Looked out my kitchen window just now and was startled to see a brilliantly colored ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK on a nearby branch. Melissa GrooBrooktondale
[cayugabirds-l] Banding station open finally!
We've had nets out for a couple of weeks but this morning is the first calm, rainless day allowing us to band. The birds are streaming in. Many previously banded including one Yellow-bellied Sapsucker that missed the longevity record by one year. This one was a handsome 6th year male. Also new were male Ruby-crowned Kinglets and Brown Thrasher. Siskins, redpoll and goldens still around as is that White-crowned that probably came up from Nancy's to finish the winter with us. Another second year was banded this morning; this one has but a few brown crown feathers remaining. Will post a picture when time allows. Ken, Western Palm Warblers are the more common transient here with the occasional influx of a few Yellow Palms (Eastern). In spring, the Yellow form is much more rare with very few banded/reported over the last 25 years. John -- John and Sue Gregoire Field Ornithologists Kestrel Haven Avian Migration Observatory 5373 Fitzgerald Road Burdett,NY 14818-9626 Website: http://www.empacc.net/~kestrelhaven/ Conserve and Create Habitat -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] New peep description. color morph enroute species status?
Please see the following link for a new species description of peeps by the American Bird Conservancy. http://www.abcbirds.org/newsandreports/botw/peeps.html -- John and Sue Gregoire Field Ornithologists Kestrel Haven Avian Migration Observatory 5373 Fitzgerald Road Burdett,NY 14818-9626 Website: http://www.empacc.net/~kestrelhaven/ Conserve and Create Habitat -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Danby: Bald Eagle, Brown Thrasher, Yellow-rumped Warbler
On Apr 24, 2011, at 9:12 AM, Geo Kloppel wrote: I'm curious, a Killdeer was doing it's broken-wing fake out yesterday, would they have eggs to defend already? Or was it just practicing? ;^) Eric First New York egg date for Killdeer is April 3rd (see the NY breeding season tables at http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/wildlife_pdf/ brddate.pdf ) Add a couple of weeks for our upstate location, and it's definitely possible that your Killdeer has eggs now. -Geo Geo Kloppel Bowmaker Restorer 227 Tupper Road Spencer NY 14883 607 564 7026 g...@cornell.edu geoklop...@gmail.com -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Another kitchen-window Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pat and I just looked out OUR kitchen window, and there's a male ROSE- BREASTED GROSBEAK, all decked-out for Easter! -Geo Geo Kloppel Bowmaker Restorer 227 Tupper Road Spencer NY 14883 607 564 7026 g...@cornell.edu geoklop...@gmail.com -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods and Monkey Run North, Sun 4/24
Sapsucker Woods continues to host various birds that exemplify this brief window of late mid-April, and also one surprising early arrival. Here are some highlights, mostly shared with Bill Baker's SFO group. * 1 silent VEERY just north of the Sherwood Platform. Several others and I plainly saw light tawny-rufous upperparts, reddest around the head, with faint breast spots. Recognizing the variability of Hermit Thrushes and their greater abundance at this time in our area, I am still certain about the ID. (According to data on the Cayuga Bird Club website, the average first-arrival date of Veery in our area is around May 1, with a standard deviation of about four days.) * 20+ RUSTY BLACKBIRDS, including a few small flocks flying over and alighting in trees, plus nine foraging on the ground by the Podell Boardwalk * 3 HERMIT THRUSHES, including two countersinging, at the Hermit Thrush spot just east of the north end of the Woodleton Boardwalk * 2 NORTHERN WATERTHRUSHES countersinging by the Woodleton Boardwalk * 2 AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS lingering in the feeder garden * 1 SPOTTED SANDPIPER first spotted by Chris Pelkie in the SFO group, in the back of the main pond plus Purple Finches, Yellow-rumped Warblers, Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Swamp Sparrows, Wood Ducks, a flyover Common Merganser, a Pied-billed Grebe, a distant southbound Sharp-shinned Hawk, and others. I also spent part of the morning with Linda Orkin. We decided spontaneously to visit the initial straightaway of Monkey Run North in search of Pine Warblers. We heard only one, which sang just once, but we did get nice views of three Hermit Thrushes together. Mark Chao -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Ithaca Sunday morning
Andy Johnson, Scott Haber and I birded around Ithaca this morning, but saw very little of note. Two of the most interesting birds were before I picked up Scott, a singing NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH in a yard on Hanshaw Road just west of Blackstone, and a HOUSE WREN singing near the Pleasant Grove Cemetery. We saw a singing Louisiana Waterthrush and Blue-headed Vireo at Lick Brook, and Brown Thrasher and Savannah Sparrows on West King Road. A walk around the swan pen didn't produce much besides Yellow Warblers and a Swamp Sparrow, although Andy got a brief look at a WATERTHRUSH (likely Northern) that disappeared before Scott and I could see it. Jay McGowan Ithaca, NY -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Eastern White-crowned Sparrow transitional plumage photo
The white-crowned banded today presented with the very last stages of head molt from the first year brown to the adult black and white crown. Photo at http://johnandsuesphotos.shutterfly.com/pictures/482 Photos from last year are at http://johnandsuesphotos.shutterfly.com/pictures/165 Please do not use without prior permission. Enjoy. John -- John and Sue Gregoire Field Ornithologists Kestrel Haven Avian Migration Observatory 5373 Fitzgerald Road Burdett,NY 14818-9626 Website: http://www.empacc.net/~kestrelhaven/ Conserve and Create Habitat -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods and Monkey Run North, Sun 4/24
I was in Sapsucker Woods this morning too. I saw the Veery, though I confused it with a Swainson's Thrush at first :-( I saw probably between 60-80 Rusty Blackbirds first on the Wilson trail, then possibly the same flock on the Podell boardwalk. On the East trail was a flock of warblers, maybe 8-10 Yellow-rumped, but also two singing Black-throated Greens. -Paul Sapsucker Woods continues to host various birds that exemplify this brief window of late mid-April, and also one surprising early arrival. Here are some highlights, mostly shared with Bill Baker's SFO group. * 1 silent VEERY just north of the Sherwood Platform. Several others and I plainly saw light tawny-rufous upperparts, reddest around the head, with faint breast spots. Recognizing the variability of Hermit Thrushes and their greater abundance at this time in our area, I am still certain about the ID. (According to data on the Cayuga Bird Club website, the average first-arrival date of Veery in our area is around May 1, with a standard deviation of about four days.) * 20+ RUSTY BLACKBIRDS, including a few small flocks flying over and alighting in trees, plus nine foraging on the ground by the Podell Boardwalk * 3 HERMIT THRUSHES, including two countersinging, at the Hermit Thrush spot just east of the north end of the Woodleton Boardwalk * 2 NORTHERN WATERTHRUSHES countersinging by the Woodleton Boardwalk * 2 AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS lingering in the feeder garden * 1 SPOTTED SANDPIPER first spotted by Chris Pelkie in the SFO group, in the back of the main pond plus Purple Finches, Yellow-rumped Warblers, Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Swamp Sparrows, Wood Ducks, a flyover Common Merganser, a Pied-billed Grebe, a distant southbound Sharp-shinned Hawk, and others. I also spent part of the morning with Linda Orkin. We decided spontaneously to visit the initial straightaway of Monkey Run North in search of Pine Warblers. We heard only one, which sang just once, but we did get nice views of three Hermit Thrushes together. Mark Chao -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Paul Anderson. GrammaTech, Inc.Tel: +1 607 273-7340 x18 mailto:p...@grammatech.com http://www.grammatech.com -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Marbled Godwit - not
I did some birding and recording around the north end of the lake this morning. Two passes on the wildlife drive and no shorebirds, except for two Killdeer. Carncross Road still had the 100-odd yellowlegs, 30 Pectoral Sandpipers, and 10 Dunlin. I did not see the Golden Plover. An American Bittern called frequently from the reeds between Carncross and Marten's Tract. Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods 24 April - Common Yellowthroat, etc
About 10am this morning I went to Sapsucker Woods on my own, hoping to find some of the birds which Mark Chao reported yesterday after the rain (and I and my group) had quit. Today I had intermittent light rain, and I was fairly successful, although I wouldn't call the birds teeming today. One of my first observations was a single complete song of a COMMON YELLOWTHROAT ("wee-a-witch-y, wee-a-witch-y, wee-a-witch-y, wee-a-witch-y") quite close and clear, from the wet brushy area under the powerlines on the Dryden side. I never saw the bird, nor heard it again, despite some searching. I eventually found lots of noisy RUSTY BLACKBIRDS in the front and back yard of 143 Sapsucker Woods Rd (the second closest house to the Lab) and a similar noisy group in trees and on the ground west of the Sherman Platform. There also were fewer of them, but also noisy, north of the Lab building, and finally I saw some relatively quiet individuals feeding near the Podell Boardwalk (close to the first site). Twice I saw scattered groups of YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS moving through the treetops in the woods on the Dryden side. I found no other warblers among them, but in one group I did find at least one singing RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET. I later had a better look at this species, a quiet individual along the Dryden side of Sapsucker Woods Rd very near where I heard and saw my first NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH of 2011. My second Northern Waterthrush was heard only in the wetland between the Lab building and the Wilson Trail to the north. By walking nearly every section of trail in Sapsucker Woods, I saw a total of 3 HERMIT THRUSHES in various places, all on the Dryden side. This is about par for me, finding a quarter of the dozen Hermit Thrushes Mark found yesterday, although I can feel pretty good about equalling his number today. I missed the Veery. There was a male PURPLE FINCH singing from a treetop full of large buds near the stone egg. There was a lot of YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER activity: drumming, calling, flying, and I even saw an interaction among 3 individuals close together on one tree. Eventually 1 bird flew off, leaving the other 2, but I found the action hard to follow otherwise. I saw BROWN CREEPERS in 3 locations and heard song once. At one of the Creeper locations, the north end of the boardwalk (forgot name) in the Dryden woods, I heard and saw a single GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET. An EASTERN PHOEBE was near the south end of that boardwalk, probably nesting below.I heard what I suspect was a PINE WARBLER singing from just south of the large storage building (Lucente's?) just east of Sapsucker Woods from the East Trail south of the pavilion. Near that pavilion I saw movement in a pile of dead wood, but I think instead of a Winter Wren it was an actual mouse or shrew. --Dave Nutter
[cayugabirds-l] Marbled Godwit observation times
So far the earliest report I've heard for the Marbled Godwit at Montezuma NWR was Saturday 23 April at 1:30pm, and the latest was myself at 4:55pm. Can anyone extend that either way? (I'm sorry to hear it wasn't there for you today, Bob.)--Dave Nutter
[cayugabirds-l] Brown Creeper
I seldom see Brown Creepers here, so it was a real treat to watch one working its way around on the old winter pear tree north of the house about 4 this afternoon. Kathy Strickland, Union Springs area -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Godwit
hi , I went to Montezuma this morning and two spins around the drive [one at 8:30 and then at 11:00] had no shorebirds or Marbled Godwit. I think the birds had more sense than I did today! Diana Whiting http://www.dianawhitingphotography.com/ -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] yard birds
Around my yard this morning: lots of gobbling tom Turkeys, Ruffed Grouse thumping from various directions, several Hermit Thrushes, numerous Ruby-crowned Kinglets, one Blue-headed Vireo, one Black and White Warbler, one Louisiana Waterthrush, several Field Sparrows, at least six Fox Sparrows (peaking here now!), numerous Eastern Towhees, a few Purple Finches... Several days ago all my feeder birds vanished for a few minutes while an immature Cooper's Hawk ambushed the deserted feeders. For five minutes I watched a pair (!) of Cowbirds attend very purposefully to the movements of the Phoebes nesting under my eaves. I thought this kind of scouting was just the responsibility of the female Cowbird, but apparently not. Maybe female scouting just looks irresistibly attractive to the male? A Red-bellied Woodpecker threesome made quite a commotion in the big maple tree over my porch. -Geo Geo Kloppel Bowmaker Restorer 227 Tupper Road Spencer NY 14883 607 564 7026 g...@cornell.edu geoklop...@gmail.com -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
RE: [cayugabirds-l] See see see suzee
I just had a BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER sing off my deck on Yellow Barn. It didn't stay. Must be following the BLUE-HEADED VIREO that called twice a few hours ago. Kevin From: bounce-21271423-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-21271423-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of wrevans Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 11:54 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] See see see suzee Nice passerine flight over the region last night. I recorded over 50 flight calls between 9PM-3AM -- mostly sparrows with a few Yellow-rumped Warblers. This morning there was a Black-throated Green Warbler singing in our yard in the highlands of Danby. Bill E -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Boys Night Out
We have had male wood ducks about 4 times today (as well as a mallard male/female pair). Not sure whet their deal is but they are beautiful. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Sunday Ap 24, Around the Lake
Hi all, Ton and I spent a wonderful day today birding around the Cayuga Lake Basin. We started around our property on Hunt Hill Rd. east of Ithaca. The first thing we noticed were three Hooded Mergansers on our pond – two first spring males (black bills, light eyes) and one adult female. They were accompanied by a Mallard. Other birds included Ruby-crowned and Golden-crowned Kinglets, Field Sparrow, Louisiana Waterthrush, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Purple Finches, Pileated and Hairy Woodpecker, Flicker and many Juncos, among others for a total of 27 species by the time we left at 9 am. We headed up the east side of Cayuga Lake, first stopping at Sapsucker Woods to hear Northern Waterthrush calling. A quick stop at Mud Lock to look at the Bald Eagle on its nest was followed by a trip along the Wildlife Drive at Montezuma. Purple Martins, Yellow Warbler, Swamp Sparrows, Ruddy Ducks, Northern Harrier, 4 Dunlin and 1 Semi-palmated Plover at the new shorebird area, plus many other ducks (see list below). Mays Point Pool had many RUDDY DUCKS in beautiful breeding plumage, as well as Ring-necked and Red-head Ducks (and many others). From there we headed further north to Railroad Rd., which was quiet except for one COMMON MOORHEN. Next was Morgan Rd. for Wood Ducks, then Carncross Rd., where we saw about 100 Greater Yellowlegs, with Lesser Yellowlegs mixed in, as well as many, many Green-winged Teal and Pintails and two sleeping CASPIAN TERNS. We spent quite a bit of time there, taking photos of the Yellowlegs. A quick hop over to Marten’s Track allowed us to get a look at one SANDHILL CRANE as it flew over, toward Carncross. The pond at Marten’s was full of Wigeon. Next, we headed over to the Seneca County Fairgrounds were we easily found (from the road) 4 UPLAND SANDPIPERS, at least 3 Meadowlarks, and numerous Savannah sparrows. It was a very satisfying stop! We backtracked a bit to Cayuga Lake State Park where we picked up Lesser Scaup and Common Loon. We headed south on the west side of the lake to Sheldrake. By then, the lake was as calm as can be and we came across a group of 3 placidly swimming Common Loons – two in breeding plumage. We saw an additional 3 or 4 loons along Sheldrake, and hear several calling. We made the required stop at the Creamery before heading home. This was just a sampling of our day. The complete list is below. We managed to avoid most of the rain and saw 86 species of birds! A great day! I’ve added our observations to eBird, trying to submit them by location, which is not so easy when one has stopped at many places. It makes for a long posting (below), and I'm not sure I listed everything. Oh well. Please forgive typos and any obvious mistakes ! Location: Hunt Hill Rd. Total: 27 species Mallard 1 Hooded Merganser 3 Wild Turkey 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 1 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Eastern Phoebe 1 American Crow 2 Tree Swallow 1 Black-capped Chickadee 4 Tufted Titmouse 2 Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2 American Robin 4 European Starling 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 Louisiana Waterthrush 1 Chipping Sparrow 1 Field Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 2 White-throated Sparrow 2 Dark-eyed Junco 14 Red-winged Blackbird 1 Common Grackle 1 Purple Finch 4 American Goldfinch 4 Location: Sapsucker Woods, CLO Northern Waterthrush 1 Location: Montezuma NWR--Main Pool AND Visitor’s Center Canada Goose X Gadwall X American Wigeon X Mallard X Blue-winged Teal X Northern Shoveler X Green-winged Teal X Redhead X Ring-necked Duck X Common Merganser X Ruddy Duck X Pied-billed Grebe X Great Blue Heron X Osprey X Bald Eagle X Northern Harrier 2 Killdeer 2 Dunlin 4 Semi-palmated Plover 1 Yellow Warbler 1 Song Sparrow X Swamp Sparrow X Purple Martin 6 Location: Montezuma NWR--Tschache Pool Canada Goose X Gadwall X Common Merganser X Double-crested Cormorant X Great Blue Heron X Bald Eagle X Ring-billed Gull X Great Black-backed Gull X Purple Martin X Tree Swallow X Barn Swallow X Yellow Warbler X Yellow-rumped Warbler X Brown-headed Cowbird X Location: N. Montezuma WMA--Railroad Rd. Mallard X Northern Shoveler X Osprey X Common Moorhen 1 Location: Savannah Spring Lake Rd--Carncross to Martens Tract Trumpeter/Tundra Swan 10 Northern Pintail X Green-winged Teal X American Wigeon X Great Blue Heron X Wood Duck 2 Turkey Vulture X Sandhill Crane 1 Greater Yellowlegs X Lesser Yellowlegs X Ring-billed Gull X Caspian Tern 2 American Crow X Tree Swallow X Eastern Bluebird 2 Song Sparrow X Swamp Sparrow X Red-winged Blackbird X Location: Seneca Falls Fairgrounds,
