[cayugabirds-l] Lindsay Parsons This Morning
I got in an hour of hill climbing behind the fire station this morning before the rain set in. And it seemed like every few steps I took, another species began to sing! Highlights of the walk were, for me, FOY Canada, Prairie, Black and White and Black-throated Green Warblers, Ovenbird, Evening Grosbeak and Baltimore Orioles, Hermit and Wood Thrushes. The Canada Warbler was an especially thrilling sighting, as it sang its typical song with chips - directly overhead and at close range. Bob McGuire -- 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] Lindsay-Parsons this morning: birds on territory + 2 Lawrence's Warblers
Went for a nice walk around Lindsay-Parsons this morning. Not many birds that appeared to be migrating, but many recent arrivals were on territory, with Ovenbirds, Yellow, Chestnut-sided, Prairie, Blue-winged and Black-and-white Warblers all numerous, along with a couple Hooded Warblers in the woods. Noteworthy were two Lawrence-type warblers. One was building a nest and paired to a singing Blue-winged in the scrubby area just before trail goes into woods and then crosses the railroad tracks. The second was near the parking lot. Both birds were very similar -- they essentially looked like Blue-wingeds but with obvious dusky throat and eye/cheek patches. Both were studied in good light at close range, and the dusky patches were more fairly faint. Two wing bars present that appeared to be white. Lawrence-type birds have now been reported at LP for the past several years... -- Benjamin Freeman Ph.D. candidate Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Cornell University Ithaca, NY, USA benjamingfreeman.com -- 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] Lindsay-Parsons this morning: big flocks of Eastern Kingbirds
Not much sign of fall migration at Lindsay Parsons this morning, with the notable exception of Eastern Kingbirds. Around 60 were in a loose flock feeding on fruit (mostly dogwood berries) in the NW section of the preserve. Very cool to see these birds making the transition from asocial insectivores (breeding) to social frugivores (fall migration and winter). -- Benjamin Freeman Ph.D. candidate Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Cornell University Ithaca, NY, USA benjamingfreeman.com -- 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/ --
