[cayugabirds-l] Yard migrants
Singing BLACK THROATED GREEN, OVENBIRD, and RED-EYED VIREO in the Northeast Ithaca backyard this morning, along with sev RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS and a silent WINTER WREN. KEN Sent from my iPhone -- 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] Yard migrants Saturday
Lots of birds moving through and over my yard this morning, and I added quite a few yard birds for the year. Highlights were a single DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT (over, not in), 2 TENNESSEE WARBLERS, 2 PALM WARBLERS, 6+ PURPLE FINCHES, and an imm. SHARP-SHINNED HAWK that sparred with a flock of BLUE JAYS for nearly 30 minutes, joined by a PILEATED WOODPECKER that attacked and chased the hawk several times through the trees. Quite entertaining. KEN Ken Rosenberg Director of Conservation Science Cornell Lab of Ornithology 607-254-2412 607-342-4594 (cell) k...@cornell.edu -- 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 migrants
As others have reported, birds seem to be moving through in good numbers today. This morning, there were MAGNOLIA WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, and COMMON YELLOWTHROAT singing in the back yard and 2 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS. In the afternoon, just as the first gusty storm was hitting, there were 10 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS in the newly leafing locust, and with them were at least 3 CAPE MAY WARBLERS - one very bright and singing briefly. As it started to rain, one of the Cape Mays took a bath in the treetop by rubbing it's body against some new wet maple leaves and then shaking off the water - repeating several times. Not sure I've seen this bathing behavior before. With this flock also was a fast moving vireo that I could only see from below and behind - very bright yellow on the flanks, meeting across the belly, and with wing bars - I will have to call this a late migrant Blue-headed Vireo, but it appeared smaller and "quicker" to me and I cannot rule out a rarer species such as White-eyed or even Bell's Vireo. I will keep an eye our for it again. All for now. KEN ** Ken Rosenberg Director of Conservation Science Cornell Lab of Ornithology Ithaca NY 14850 Phone: 607-254-2412 cell: 607-342-4594 k...@cornell.edu www.birds.cornell.edu -- 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/ --
